For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

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

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

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

The African Union (AU) has endorsed a campaign for the worldwide adoption of the ‘correct’ map of the continent that ...

A view shows the city of Nuuk, Greenland, February 9, 2025. Greenland is still pretty big. Depending on how you define its political status, it's around the 12th largest nation in the world.