The African Union has backed mounting calls to discontinue the Mercator map, which inaccurately shrinks Africa’s true ...

“It might seem to be just a map, but in reality, it is not,” AU Commission deputy chairperson Selma Malika Haddadi told ...

The campaign to correct the map is led by the advocacy groups Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa that urge organisations to ...

The African Union backs a campaign to replace the Mercator map with a more accurate projection that reflects Africa’s true size and global significance.

The African Union is joining an effort to urge global institutions to adopt a new map of Africa that more accurately shows ...

For centuries, Africa has been systematically erased through the hegemonic Western cartographic gaze, its territorial ...

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

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

South Africa’s response has been one of strategic autonomy. This involves taking independent and non-aligned positions on ...

We have the tools to reduce hunger dramatically, in the near term, through the expansion of modern, high-yield agricultural ...

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

The African Union (AU) has backed a campaign to end the use of a 16th-century map in favour of one that more accurately ...