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

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

The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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