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

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a modern map that shows Africa’s true size.

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

African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...

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

The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions ...

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...

Criticism of the Mercator map is not new, but the 'Correct The Map' campaign – led by advocacy groups Africa No Filter and ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

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