The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution titled ‘Correct the Map’ on September 4, with 164 votes in favor, 1 against, and ...

For generations, the world map many of us grew up looking at has shaped how we imagine the size of countries and continents.

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

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

T he UN has voted almost unanimously to change the traditional world map it uses to a more modern version that more ...

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

Source: Why do Africans love moaning about colonialism when even our colonizers were once colonized? There are times I worry about us. I still can’t shake off the recent news that the UN General ...

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