Four-fifths of UN Security Council resolutions over the last decade have been around conflicts in Africa, a new analysis has found, with conflicts surging due to factors including weak governance, soaring inequality, and escalating climate impacts.
The research, which was carried out by Oxfam and shared exclusively with The Independent, is evidence for why there should be a permanent African seat on the Security Council, campaigners say. The research centred around the 23 most protracted crises around the globe, from Gaza to Ukraine. Of 437 resolutions passed in the last ten years concerning those 23 crises, 354 were around events in Africa – representing 81 per cent of resolutions.
