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

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...

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

South Africa open their campaign with a 10-try win over World Cup debutants Brazil at Franklin's Gardens, Northampton.

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

Africa has become a new hotspot for Chinese exports as Donald Trump’s tariffs redraw trade for the world’s biggest ...

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

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Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

Video game makers from around the globe have converged on Cologne for the annual Gamescom trade fair – the world's largest ...

Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...