Algeria has called for reform of UN Security Council and to ask for two permanent seats for Africa. Algeria's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, asked for the change as the ninth conference of senior African officials discussed peace and security across the continent. Lamamra said: "Africa...
Africa has renewed its call to be better represented at the UN Security Council. The last United Nations General Assembly saw debate focused on expanding the number of member states in the council, as well as which countries should make up its permanent members. The council...
Japan is pushing for Africa to have a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, and will use its place to push the position. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Tunisia: "Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical...
A security expert has warned the U.N Security Council that the threat from the Islamic State extremist group is growing by the day in Africa and the continent could be "the future of the caliphate". Martin Ewi, from the Institute for Security Studies, said the Islamic...
South Africa's President Ramaphosa has called for the UN Security Council to reform stating that Africa does not have adequate representation. President Ramaphosa stated that Africa, with a population of 1.3 billion people, does not have permanent representation on the UN Security Council. He made the...
Mozambique has taken up a seat as part of the UN security council. The country was elected in a democratic vote with Mozambique the only nation running for the African seat. Mozambique joins four other non-permanent countries including Ecuador, Japan, Malta and Switzerland on the council....
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged the UN Security Council to give Africa at least two permanent seats. In the opening of a council meeting attended by officials representing ten African Union member states, Museveni said the 1.3 billion people on the African continent deserve representation...
Uganda has called for support from other African countries and urged them to unite as the continent continues to push for reforms at the UN Security Council. In a meeting of senior officials, the Uganda's minister of state in charge of international affairs Henry Okello Oryem...