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

Executive Director of the Borders Institute (TBI) and a political analyst, Wafula Okumu stressed the need for the African Union accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a version of Africa that has been distorted to appear significantly smaller.

Abu Dhabi’s Space42 is in talks to raise funds to help the satellite communications company expand its mapping initiative in ...

From Sept. 4 to 10, the Algerian capital will become the epicenter of African trade. More than a mere economic gathering, the fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair symbolizes Algeria's ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian ...