PRESIDENT TINUBU REQUESTS TWO PERMANENT SEATS FOR AFRICA AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL

President BOLA TINUBU has called for reforms at the United Nations (UN) to give Africa permanent representation on the Security Council.

Speaking at the plenary session on peace and stability during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan, TINUBU argued that Africa deserves two permanent seats with full privileges and additional non-permanent seats in line with the Ezulwini consensus and Sirte declaration.

 He further called for new approaches to peace-building in Africa, pointing to peace agreements recently brokered in the Congo as examples of how mediation linked with economic investment can deliver results, and also stressed that military victories alone cannot guarantee lasting peace without addressing poverty, inequality, and exclusion.