Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

The 55-nation alliance wants the world to adopt a new map that shows the relative size of the continents more accurately.

Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a change-the-map campaign in April. “When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

Communications minister Solly Malatsi says the project will help government cut costs while accelerating last-mile connectivity for state-owned entities and surrounding communities.

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

“Africa is misrepresented on the world maps, and it’s not just a matter of geography — it’s a reflection of how the world ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

Go with the Mercator map and all the continents and islands retain their real shapes — but the further north or south of the equator they are, the bigger they look compared countries near the equator.

Sam Garcia was in her final year at University of California, Davis, when, like many students in their college years, she had ...