As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and ...

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged ...

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's ...

The United Nations has voted to replace the current world map with a new one following backlash from campaign groups ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

UN General Assembly adopts a Togo-led resolution backed by 164 nations to promote the Equal Earth projection and accurately ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

As part of a movement led by the African Union, Paris announced on Friday that it will abandon the Mercator projection to ...

ABUJA— Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has welcomed a United Nations resolution ...

The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a ...

The French foreign ministry on Friday said it plans to abandon using maps with the traditional Mercator projection of the world, backing a push by Africa to give the continent a more realistic ...