Over the coming decade, Africa will face major challenges as the legitimacy and sovereignty of its states come under threat. Some of the continent’s governments will become highly dependent on ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington.It inflated ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

Togo has announced plans to change its school geography materials by the end of the year after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution promoting maps that more accurately represent ...

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

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