What did he say about Africa?

On Africa, Tayyip Erdogan expressed support for efforts toward a ceasefire and lasting peace in Sudan, stronger security and institutional capacity in Somalia, and a Libyan-led reconciliation process in Libya.

He said Türkiye would continue supporting Libya's political process and announced that the fourth Türkiye-Africa Partnership Summit would be held in Libya in December. The Partnership Summit is a recurring gathering where Türkiye and African heads of state align on trade, security and development priorities, and holding it in Libya carries a signal: it reinforces Türkiye's role as a stabilizing partner in a country where it has had military and diplomatic presence for years.

Africa was not the centerpiece of the speech, but it was woven into the same argument running through the whole address: that the UN has failed to manage the world's crises, and that bilateral and regional partnerships have to fill the gap. Sudan and Somalia are two of the continent's most active conflict zones, and naming them alongside Gaza and Ukraine placed Africa squarely inside Erdogan's broader case that the international order is broken across every region, not just the Middle East.