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UNHCR Nigeria
For Their Better Future
Every day we bring hope to millions of people forced
to leave their homes in the world's hardest places.
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NANSEN
UNHCR 2017 NANSEN Award
Zannah Mustapha, a Nigerian lawyer, has received UNHCR's prestigious Nansen Refugee Award
for 2017 for providing orphans of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency with an education.
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Nansen award winner offers lifeline to
widows of conflict
Insurgents from Boko Haram, who have brought turmoil to much of north-east Nigeria
in recent years, had blocked the road between two villages.