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 ...

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

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

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

Following a six-month break in play, FIFA runs the rule over African qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26 as it enters its final knockings.

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has retained his position as Africa’s number one table tennis player despite falling three places to ...

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

Within a decade, one in three entrants to the global workforce will be from Africa. Over the next 30 years, the majority of the world’s new workers may well be on the continent. What they learn in the ...

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

New Zealand began its defense of the Women’s Rugby World Cup by scratching a 54-8 win over Spain in York on Sunday. The Black ...