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

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

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The UN General Assembly has backed an African Union-led push for more accurate world maps, with 164 countries voting in favour of the ‘Correct the Map’ resolution. The campaign challenges distortions ...

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using ...

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

Administration officials presented a map of Africa where every single highlighted country was mislabeled at a global conference in Brazil this week. The US State Department included the map as part of ...

A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 26, 2026, in this picture ...