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

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

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 ...

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

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

Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a two-week walkout that broke quorum and temporarily ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump ...

Wplace, an open-use map for users to make pixelart, has gone viral. What’s being drawn over SC locales like the Upstate, ...

The world’s top GeoGuessr players in Copenhagen for the 2025 World Championship. But how did a simple Street View guessing game become a global phenomenon and an esports spectacle?View on euronews ...