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

The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, Africa appears smaller than it is. In a bid to depict the continent's relative ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

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

China, the United States, India and all of continental Europe fit inside of the African continent. The ‘Equal Earth’ map, ...

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

Go with the Mercator map and all the continents and islands retain their real shapes — but the further north or south of the equator they are, the bigger they look compared countries near the equator.

The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...

African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...

The African Union is now supporting the Correct the Map campaign for an “Equal Earth” alternative, which “shows the continent ...

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

The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...