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

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

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

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

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 ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

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

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

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