The African Union has called for replacing the venerable Mercator map projection with another one that would show Africa’s ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size. Mercator projection Equal Earth projection ...

In 1991, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF). In support of this Agenda, the Government of Japan announced before the ...

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 ...

Africa and Asia are connected by the Indian Ocean, and, for centuries, have exchanged people and knowledge through maritime and land pathways. From trade to religion, food to music, language to ...