The African Union is now supporting the Correct the Map campaign for an “Equal Earth” alternative, which “shows the continent ...

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current ...

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 ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

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

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

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.

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

The Mercator projection is still common in classrooms and tech platforms. Google Maps dropped the widely used projection for a 3D globe on desktop in 2018, but users can switch back to the old map.