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 ...

For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

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 Mercator world map, long a fixture ... same GDP as all 50 African countries combined," he said. But advocates remain convinced of their cause. "Success will be when children everywhere open their ...