At the United Nations Security Council in New York, Africa has made a significant headway in an anticipation for consolidating its position and raise the possibility of forging further cooperation towards securing two permanent seats.

After several months of advocating for structural reforms, backed by many developing countries and a number of great powers including China and Russia, the UNSC would grant Africa two seats at the table, thanks to speeches by U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio. In mid-August 2024, the Sierra Leonean president said Africa could not wait any longer to get a bigger voice in the United Nations Security Council, the most powerful body dominated by Global North. After decades of seeking a bigger voice in there, Africa gets closer to the victorious marathon race. Julius Bio referred to his continent the “unquestionable victim” of an imbalanced, outdated and unrepresentative Security Council structure.

Russia’s Business and Financial Vedomosti reported that the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden,........

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