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

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

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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

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

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

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...