Africa’s bid for a seat on the Security Council
Africa has 54 countries at the United Nations, but not one has a permanent seat on the powerful UN Security Council.

Africa has 54 countries at the United Nations, but not one has a permanent seat on the powerful UN Security Council.







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Incumbent is inaugurated with his main rival in last month’s election jailed and the courts shuttered.

Kenyan police fired teargas at traders in the capital Nairobi on Friday, during a protest against higher taxes.
Traders frustrated by more than $5,000 duty hike they say will hurt small businesses.
An undisclosed injury has forced Sebastian Sawe to withdraw from next month’s Berlin Marathon.

Shiru Kihara, a nurse in Kenya, explains why she and thousands of other nurses are on strike demanding fair pay.
As Kenya courts data-centre investment, communities fear growing pressure on an already stressed water system.
Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.
Court cases over new lodges have raised questions about protecting one of Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacles.
The ambush is part of a rapid surge in cross-border attacks along Kenya’s northern frontier.
A dispute over military cooperation and accountability strains a decades-old UK-Kenya partnership.