The 55-nation alliance wants the world to adopt a new map that shows the relative size of the continents more accurately.

The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. The real size of many countries is distorted and this is often reflected in perceived power and politics. Now, ...

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 endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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

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

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign has revived criticism of its use.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays ...