A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

Spanning over six countries, the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon sink. In the run-up to the Africa COP-27, Central African voices are calling for adaptation. Listen to voices of local ...