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Redraw world map ‘to show greatness of Africa’, demand nations

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ...
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African Union pushes map showing Africa’s true scale

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...
Los Angeles Times

14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy

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 ...
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Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Soldiers look at a world map as they wait to board a flight in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on the way home after completing a ...
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Goodbye to the map of Africa you knew—scientists confirm that the continent is splitting apart in Afar, Ethiopia, and a new ocean could be born

Africa is slowly changing in front of our eyes, although we can’t see it directly. Scientists have discovered the continent is splitting in two parts, and ...
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Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed

African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...