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

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

The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, ...

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 ...

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current ...

Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?

China, the United States, India and all of continental Europe fit inside of the African continent. The ‘Equal Earth’ map, ...

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

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

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

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