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

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current ...

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

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

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

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion ...

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

Last week, the African Union voiced support for the adoption of a map that more accurately displays Africa’s true size. Host Marco Werman speaks to one of the creators of that map — the 2018 Equal ...

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

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