President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the international community to support Africa in dealing with the increased conflicts and insecurity on the continent.

The President highlighted that the conflicts would be resolved successfully if these international communities assisted the various African regional and continental organisations in dealing with them rather than undermining their efforts to resolve the conflicts.

In an address at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Wednesday, he said, “Africans fought and died in the Second World War in defence of Europe and her allies, who reset the world towards the path of peace and prosperity that their nations and citizens have enjoyed for decades now."

President Akufo-Addo then stressed that, “It is surely time for the world to reciprocate in our time of need.”

The President also voiced concerns about the level of instability in the Sahel as well as the pervasive terrorist activities which have in effect caused the continent severe political pressure and economic strain.

He noted, “Several countries in the region have lost vast stretches of territory to the rampaging terrorists. Coup d’états have reemerged as what some mistakenly hope would be the solution to the threats that confront their nations.”

President Akufo-Addo also entreated the United Nations (UN) to work to alter the Security Council's composition in order to make it more relevant in dealing with the conflicts of the current time.

Moreover, he requested that reparations be paid for atrocities done during the slave trade.

“No amount of money will make up for the horrors but it will make the point that evil was perpetrated and that millions of productive Africans were snatched from the embrace of our continent, and put to work in America and the Caribbean without compensation of their labour,” he said.

The 78th United Nations General Assembly convenes at a period of extraordinary setbacks to global growth.

According to the UN, inequality is increasing as the scale and cost of humanitarian needs are increasing.

As a result, world leaders, particularly young leaders, will discuss and debate how to address the global polycrisis and devise methods to expedite action on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.