Rush against time: Kenya remains hopeful for UN Security Council seat

The United Nations Security Council meets on Syria at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., March 12, 2018. [Photo: Reuters]

Just two days before the United Nations members vote for new non- permanent members of the powerful Security Council, Kenya remains hopeful to clinch the seat.

The UN Security Council is mandated with maintaining international peace and security, a position that has 188 member states fighting for after every two years.