The African Union has joined a campaign urging global institutions to adopt a map of Africa that more accurately reflects the continent’s size. The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ...

Maps are never neutral, and this one proves it. This video examines a 1935 map of Africa and what it reveals about borders, ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

For generations, schools, media outlets and decision-makers have relied on a familiar world map. It has become a global standard, seen everywhere from classroom posters to government buildings. But ...

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion THE MOTHERLAND: Africa's size has been distorted on maps used globally and campaigners ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...

Africa's landmass is so big that Russia, China, India and the United States could fit in it. But that's not the impression you get when you look at the world map that's been in use for more than 450 ...