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

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a modern map that shows Africa’s true size.

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

Africa is putting its foot down when it comes to the Mercator projection map, the most widely used representation of the ...

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 ...

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

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

The African Union wants to toss out the Mercator projection, calling it “the world’s longest misinformation campaign.” ...

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 African Union has endorsed a campaign to replace traditional maps that have distorted the size of continents like Africa.

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. Criticism that the Mercator projection does not accurately reflect Africa ...