For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

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

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

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

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

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...