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.

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

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

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

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 ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

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

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

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

The continent with the most countries may surprise some, but it proves that size alone does not define diversity.

Imagine placing Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia and Antarctica into one huge basin and still having room to ...