Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are ...

By painting Africa with a broad brush--unfortunately the usual practice--perceptions about opportunities and risks on the continent are extraordinarily distorted. In many cases--though not all ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...