Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

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 Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century ...