Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion THE MOTHERLAND: Africa's size has been distorted on maps used globally and campaigners ...

The African Union (AU) has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

How much power lies in a map? The push to replace the ‘distorted’ Mercator projection with a more accurate map that portrays ...

There are growing calls from African nations for the international community to adopt maps that accurately reflect the true size of the African ...

Africa’s largest telecommunications group said it was under investigation by the US Department of Justice over its operations ...

Africa's leaders have outlined a bold vision of climate action and pledge to present a unified position at COP30 later this ...