The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

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The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) has a new show, “Goalkeepers,” an international-focused soccer podcast and video cast series with weekly episodes ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

After John Uwagboe moved to Scotland in 2008 he did not see another black man for several weeks. When at last he did, on the other side of a street in Edinburgh, he crossed over to meet him. Soon the ...