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 ...

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

The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...

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

The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union ...

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

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

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

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