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The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger - Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it seem small ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...