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

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

The African Union (AU) represents 55 countries on the continent, and is backing a new campaign to change the famous ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...

The Mercator projection is still "widely used" in "schools and tech companies" alike, but there has been progress towards adopting a more accurate map.

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 ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it seem smaller.

Here is what to know about the effort to show Africa's real size to the world. The Mercator map was created in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.