{
  "id": 15598032,
  "title": "Does Africa need a seat at the UN Security Council, or a change in how power is exercised?, By Babafemi A. Badejo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/does-africa-need-a-seat-at-the-un-security-council-or-a-change-in-how",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T11:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/917991-does-africa-need-a-seat-at-the-un-security-council-or-a-change-in-how-power-is-exercised-by-babafemi-a-badejo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Africa should keep pushing for the restructuring of the Security Council, even if it will not be realised soon. But African unity would be severely tested if the continent were asked today to name the countries that would occupy the two permanent seats, without veto, which the Biden administration said in September 2024 it would […] The post Does Africa need a seat at the UN Security Council, or…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}