Kenya has defeated Djibouti in a run-off to get elected to the United Nations Security Council, after the UN General Assembly failed to choose between the two candidates during the first round of voting. 

Kenya got 129 votes against Djibouti's 62, and will replace South Africa in January, 2021 and will join Niger and Tunisia as Africa’s representatives on the Council.

The UN Security Council has five permanent members and 10 elected members with seats allocated to regional groups and five new members elected every year.