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

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

South African brand MaXhosa Africa lit up the first day of Paris Women's Fashion Week on Monday with a debut collection ...

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

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.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.

These are young leaders from across the continent who choose to invest their talent, ideas and ambition in Africa rather than ...

The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps. The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a ...

South Africa is seeing a sharp rebound in quarterly FDI, although one corporate transaction accounts for much of the increase. And a new Forbes ranking is challenging the traditional map of Africa’s ...

For fifty years, the map of African fresh produce that a buyer carried in their head had a handful of names on it: Kenya, ...

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...