AU aims to reclaim Africa’s global position, supports map change Mercator map distorts Africa’s size, says AU Commission’s Haddadi ‘Correct The Map’ campaign promotes Equal Earth projection A vendor ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

The maps of the world you’ve been looking at all your life are wrong and should be replaced, according to a group promoting a new map that more accurately shows Africa as the second largest continent.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...