Cartographers explain how the Equal Earth projection shows Africa’s true relative size and why the world map we use matters.

It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now.

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 ...

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 common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Share on X (Opens in new window) Copy this page's address to your clipboard I was an African studies minor who worked my way through UCLA, typing articles for ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a world map that depicts the size of Africa more accurately than the map most commonly used now. The assembly approved a resolution favoring the ...