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 ...

How much power lies in a map? The push to replace the ‘distorted’ Mercator projection with a more accurate map that portrays ...

For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

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

Africa’s economy is projected to be worth more than $16 trillion by 2050, nearly 10% of global GDP, up from just 3% today. By ...

The African Union wants to toss out the Mercator projection, calling it “the world’s longest misinformation campaign.” ...

The African Union has endorsed a campaign to replace traditional maps that have distorted the size of continents like Africa.

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

South Africa is arguably the most geographically diverse country in the world, with landscapes ranging from dry deserts over ...