On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

The AU’s concerns are hardly new. In the 1970s and 1980s, the same debate raged fiercely until it was resolved in favor of ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

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