Angelina Jolie to give up role as United Nations special envoy for refugees

Angelina Jolie is to give up her role with the United Nations helping refugees (Yui Mok/PA)

Angelina Jolie and the United Nations’ refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades.

In a joint statement issued on Friday, the actress and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues”.