For centuries, the Mercator map has shown the African continent to be smaller than it is. Now the African Union is calling ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Africa, a vast continent spanning the Equator and containing more ...

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 ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in ...

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

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...

The government of Togo has formally petitioned the United Nations to adopt a world map that accurately reflects Africa’s true land area. Togo officials argue that the widely used projections are ...