For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union has endorsed a campaign to replace traditional maps that have distorted the size of continents like Africa.

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