UK officials change map to include the name of Palestine

Map changed to replace Occupied Palestinian Territories with Palestine and West Bank and Gaza below in brackets ...

The countries that still don't recognise Palestine as a state - mapped

Palestine is currently recognised as a state by 156 of the United Nations' 193 member states (including the UK), plus one ...

African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The true size of Africa

For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Redraw world map ‘to show greatness of Africa’, demand nations

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

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