Angelina Jolie honoured by UNCA

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has been given the United Nations Correspondents Association’s first Citizen of the World Award for her efforts to spotlight the plight of the world’s 20 million refugees.

As a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency since 2001, the Tomb Raider star has travelled to a dozen different hotspots and war zones, from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, and Cambodia to Sri Lanka, Kosovo and Ingushetia in Russia.