# African nations at the Security Council: Calls for representation at the UN

https://mins.news/en/video/73524

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-25 06:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSWNbKCUlE

> Africa is the world’s second-most populous continent but has no permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The imbalance is driving calls to reform a global system created in the 1940s.

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