The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a version of Africa that has been distorted to appear significantly smaller.

The African Union has rejected a move by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a rival government, calling ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco has called for economic growth through mutual cooperation at a global conference on African ...

Abu Dhabi’s Space42 is in talks to raise funds to help the satellite communications company expand its mapping initiative in ...

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) reaffirms African Union (AU) support for Somali-led peace process ...

As AI plays a growing role in both terrorism and counterterrorism, the African Union has introduced a continental strategy to guide its use across multiple ...

Diaspora Africans in the U.S. fear the tax will make it harder to send funds for babies, food and health care back home.