Sierra Leone, Algeria to join UN Security Council

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The UN Security Council holds a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on March 7, 2023. PHOTO | YUKI IWAMURA | AFP

Sierra Leone and Algeria have been elected to United Nations Security Council (UNSC), winning a term of two years each to represent Africa on the UN’s most powerful organ.

The two countries were voted for at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to fill positions in the non-permanent member category for the 15-member council. Their terms begin on January 1, 2024, and will replace Ghana and Gabon, respectively, in a rotational allocation of seats.