Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an "Equal Earth" map. The U.S. described it as a "radical ideological project." ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.

The United Nations recently voted to recommend that the world maps that should mostly be used are the ones that show the ...

A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 26, 2026, in this picture ...