Supporters of the campaign say that the popular Mercator projection promotes a false view of the continent and its size.

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

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

The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a version of Africa that has been distorted to appear significantly smaller.

The African Union has backed mounting calls to discontinue the Mercator map, which inaccurately shrinks Africa’s true ...

As AI plays a growing role in both terrorism and counterterrorism, the African Union has introduced a continental strategy to ...

The African Union has rejected a move by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a rival government, calling ...

At a time when the global order is fracturing, African countries have emerged as champions of a more inclusive ...

Augustine Ogbu works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia. When he ...