When a U.S. government map wrongly labelled every African country, it underscored how maps have traditionally underestimated ...

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference ...

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The US State Department on Thursday said its use of a map that incorrectly labeled all the countries it identified on a map of Africa at an international conference this week was “an unfortunate error ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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 ...

The erroneous map, shown during a presentation on U.S.-Africa health partnerships, sparked backlash and renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration’s ...

Four of the six African countries highlighted - Nigeria, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and Malawi - are all incorrectly positioned. Uganda is roughly in the right place but is misshapen and Cameroon is ...