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 says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

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 ...

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

A new online platform called wplace invites users to “paint the world” on a massive digital canvas. This ever-evolving map ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...