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May
Ghanaian peacekeeper, Captain Cecilia Erzuah, has been awarded the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. This feat was announced by the United Nations in a press release on Monday, May 22, 2023. Capt. Erzuah, 32, is the first Ghanaian peacekeeper and the first recipient from a contingent to receive this prestigious award. The award will be presented by UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres as part of celebrations on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Captain Erzuah who has served in Abyei – an area on the border between South Sudan and Sudan…