African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

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 seem smaller DAKAR, Senegal -- On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s ...

the continent’s diplomatic organization with 55 member countries, endorsed the campaign last week in what advocates call a major milestone. Here is what to know about the effort to show Africa’s real ...