Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

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

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

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

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

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian ...

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

African leaders call for urgent collective action to strengthen International Humanitarian Law and tackle the escalating ...

Last week, the African Union voiced support for the adoption of a map that more accurately displays Africa’s true size. Host Marco Werman speaks to one of the creators of that map — the 2018 Equal ...