Zannah Mustapha, Chibok Girls Negotiator, Wins Top UN Award

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A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Borno State was on Monday awarded one of the United Nations’ top prizes. The UNHCR said the lawyer, Zannah Mustapha was given the annual Nansen award for his “crucial mediating” role as well as his work helping children affected by the long-running conflict.

Last year’s recipients of the award were more than 2,000 volunteers who saved the lives of thousands of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Mustapha, who is in his late-50s, said the award was unexpected but he was “exceedingly happy” to have been chosen.

“I look forward to being a worthy ambassador, for such a noble award,” he told AFP in an interview in the capital, Abuja. Mustapha set up The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School 10 years ago, which has since proved a lifeline for children in conflict-riven and impoverished northeast Nigeria.


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