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

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

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

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

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 ...

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

Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

The 55-nation alliance wants the world to adopt a new map that shows the relative size of the continents more accurately.

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

Africa’s economy is projected to be worth more than $16 trillion by 2050, nearly 10% of global GDP, up from just 3% today. By ...

The Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign ...