The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...

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

The AU’s concerns are hardly new. In the 1970s and 1980s, the same debate raged fiercely until it was resolved in favor of ...

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

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

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

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

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...