Countries on the UNSC do already take an interest in the Africa, illustrated by French troops helping local democratic governments form Mali and CAR defeat various outlaw rebel groups. [1]  Secondly, simply giving a veto to an Africa nation, does not guarantee that they will promote beneficial policies. South Africa for example has been accused of using UNSC membership to defend human rights abusers, South Africa’s response was that human rights "have always targeted mainly the developing countries". [2]  [1] “Sand on their boots”, The Economist, Jan 24th 2013   [2] Humphreys, Joe, ‘SA defends human rights voting at UN’, The Irish Times, 20 November 2007,