Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United ...

By Dr Nisa AyobSenior lecturer in geography at the North-West UniversityFor generations, millions of people have looked at world maps that make Africa appear smaller than it really is. A recent United ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...