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.

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

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

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 ...

South Africans is starting a “national dialogue” hat is meant to bring all sectors of society together to discuss the country ...

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

Key takeaways: Africa and archaeology Big gaps exist in the history of Africa at the time permanent settlements were forming elsewhere around the globe. Advances in East African archaeology ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...

African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy ...

Tens of thousands of South African comic book fans and cosplayers flocked to Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate the sixth edition of Comic-Con Africa, the continent’s biggest celebration of pop ...