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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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