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

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

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that has prompted a new African initiative, “Correct the Map,” calling for depictions that show Africa’s true scale. “For ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

Casablanca has rolled out an interactive digital map to guide residents and visitors to public toilets across the city.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto market grows 52%, with Bitcoin and stablecoins driving real-world adoption across Nigeria and ...

The idea of the Map of Africa, a project made of icing sugar paste, was born after the SACDG could not showcase their work at ...

Rajnath Singh’s first-ever visit to Morocco as Defence Minister marks India’s entry into Africa’s defence market with a Tata armoured vehicle plant and a new MoU.