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

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

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

The “Correct the Map” petition wants to abandon the Mercator map of the world. The AU has now thrown its weight behind the ...

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

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

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

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

The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of African nations is leading a campaign to set the record straight with a new, ...

The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...

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