The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

A plan by Togo to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to move away from the Mercator world map has revived a ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from ...

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 ...

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Text, with colored map and illustrations, show Africa's wildlife and biological geography. Insets: Cape Verde -- Seychelles -- Mauritius -- [location map].

Over the next decade, African states will face mounting threats to their legitimacy and sovereignty, with some becoming ...