Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

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

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

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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 ...

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.