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

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

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

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

One thing that separates this wave of African pride from the ones that came before is social media. Dennis Howard, an ...

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

On World Humanitarian Day, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, honoured the courage and sacrifice of humanitarian workers in Africa and across the world.

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

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

African leaders call for urgent collective action to strengthen International Humanitarian Law and tackle the escalating humanitarian crises affecting the continent.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...