A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.

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 ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

If you take a plane from Los Angeles to Istanbul, you might be surprised to look out your window mid flight and see Greenland. At first, this route seems completely nonsensical. The direction from Los ...