African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

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

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

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...

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.

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

Many world maps use the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation. While ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

The Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign ...

The continent with the most countries may surprise some, but it proves that size alone does not define diversity.