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 ...

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 ...

FILE - Soldiers look at a world map as they wait to board a flight in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

The DRC gave a warm welcome to Uganda’s General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a controversial figure both at home and abroad. Some see Kinshasa compromising its pride to manage regional tensions while others ...

KIGOMA, Tanzania, December 7 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Friday launched a repatriation air corridor to the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital, Kinshasa, for Congolese refugees in ...

Limited access and required funding are the key challenges facing health officials trying to respond to the latest Ebola ...