Africa and the Restructuring of the United Nations Security Council

Abstract

This chapter makes a case for Africa to play a role in restructuring the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), based on the need to address geopolitical insecurity and the continent’s need to redress its historical exclusion from the design of the international system. The chapter will develop ideas drawn from an intersection of fields of study, including African studies, peace studies, international relations, and transitional justice. The chapter concludes that Africa as a continent has to put forward its proposals to remake the global order. In achieving this objective, Africa can draw upon its historical experiences as a freedom-seeking continent, based on the insights drawn from the anti-colonial and anti-apartheid struggles led by actors across its territory