The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international ...

One thing that separates this wave of African pride from the ones that came before is social media. Dennis Howard, an ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian ...

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.

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions ...

Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis ...

The African Union has backed mounting calls to discontinue the Mercator map, which inaccurately shrinks Africa’s true ...

TICAD 9, attended by roughly 50 African countries alongside global organizations, is Japan’s latest effort to reclaim influence in Africa as U.S. engagement wanes and China’s presence grows.

A South African government trade body looking into the country's struggling steel sector proposed import duties starting at ...