The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...

It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

ABUJA— Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has welcomed a United Nations resolution ...

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

For centuries, the standard world map has visually shortchanged Africa, shrinking the continent on paper, despite its large landmass. The distortion has now come under renewed scrutiny after the ...

The resolution encourages governments and institutions to replace the Mercator projection, the 16th-century map that has shaped how generations have visualised the world, with the Equal Earth ...

The UN General Assembly adopts the Equal Earth map 164-1, with the US opposing the move as a 'radical ideological project.' ...

Nigeria and 163 countries support a UN resolution promoting fairer maps that accurately represent Africa’s geographical size ...

The United States was the only nation to vote against a new United Nations resolution that would adopt a new map reflecting ...

The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a resolution calling for a more accurate representation of the world’s ...

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...