The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...

For decades, schoolchildren across Africa have stared at classroom walls decorated with a world map that tells a subtle but powerful lie. On that map—the ...

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

A campaign is underway to replaced the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

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