That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Alan Kyerematen, Ghana’s former Minister of Trade and Industry and one of the architects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has argued that Africa is turning into what he calls a ...

Experts say the switch could save millions in fuel imports, with solar paying for itself in as little as six months in places ...

Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...