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

If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African ...

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an "Equal Earth" map. The U.S. described it as a "radical ideological project." ...

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.