The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

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The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

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

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...