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

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The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union ...

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The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

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

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

African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...

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