Mourners dressed in traditional black and red attire filled the main hall of the Accra Conference Centre, which seats around 4,000 people.

More were in another auditorium just outside the main hall watching proceedings on a giant screen.

They were there to pay tribute to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who died last month.

Dignitaries from around the world came, including Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and current UN Secretary General António Guterres.

There were hymns and a performance by soprano and human rights advocate Barbara Hendricks.

Mr Annan’s nephew Kojo Amoo-Gottfried read a eulogy for the former UN secretary general, describing how he had led a hunger strike at his secondary school, Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast, west of Accra, to protest against the quality of the food in the dining hall.

There were also moving tributes by his family, including by his wife, Swedish lawyer and artist Nane Maria Annan.

During her speech, she described how Mr Annan was always excited to return home, and thanked Ghana for giving the world such an extraordinary man.

She said her husband had an irresistible aura of radiant warmth, she concluded: “His legacy would live on through his foundation and through all of us.”

You can watch the funeral service on YouTube:

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