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Africa wants two permanent Security Council seats with the veto. The offers so far stop short of that.

Since 2005 the Ezulwini Consensus has asked for no fewer than two permanent African seats, with the veto while the veto exists, plus five non-permanent seats. The clearest recent offer, from the United States in September 2024, backs two permanent African seats but no new vetoes, and any change needs a UN Charter amendment every permanent member must ratify.

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The African Union has a permanent G20 seat. Here is what that seat cannot do.

The African Union became a permanent G20 member on 9 September 2023, giving Africa a standing voice in the world's main economic forum. But the G20 has no treaty, no permanent secretariat and no power to force debt relief or finance, and the AU cannot bind its own member states to one position.

VerifiedThe African Union became a permanent member of the G20 on 9 September 2023.
VerifiedThe AU's admission was the first change to G20 membership since 1999, and raised the G20's population coverage from 65% to 80%.
VerifiedThe G20 has no treaty and no permanent secretariat, and it cannot impose debt restructuring.

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