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

Africa is putting its foot down when it comes to the Mercator projection map, the most widely used representation of the world, according to IFLScience. Several countries in Africa are now opposing it ...

The maps of the world you’ve been looking at all your life are wrong and should be replaced, according to a group promoting a new map that more accurately shows Africa as the second largest continent.

Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a change-the-map campaign in April. “When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they ...

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Despite having six time zones, Africa is often depicted smaller than Greenland, which has just one and is smaller that the continent. (Image: India Today) In June, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, ...

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

Summer rainfall totals have set the stage for exceptional color this season, officials said. (Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — With autumn approaching, the West Virginia Department of Tourism has unveiled ...

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