Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...

An overhead view of the East African Rift, with a river in a cultivated valley flanked by steep cliffs A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

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 ...

The most commonly used maps don’t show the true scale of Africa (Picture: Getty) The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African ...