DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

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 ...

“Night and day my heart is bleeding,” sings the Zimbabwean artiste Winky D on his new album. “When I look at the poor and needy, everything gone with the greedy.” It seems the authorities do not share ...

Growing at unprecedented rates, and shaped by forces both familiar and new, dozens of African cities will join the ranks of humanity’s biggest megalopolises between now and 2100. Several recent ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 1st, 2000 - Buy Great National Parks of the World: Lands of Wonder Europe to Africa DVD ...

Mission 300 is driving access to reliable electricity for 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. In this episode, Andrew Dabalen joins Franz Drees-Gross and Erik Fernstrom to discuss ...

Africa is rapidly becoming the new heartland of global jihad, as franchises of ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al Qaeda carve out strongholds across the continent, leaving thousands of people dead in their wake ...

Africa’s last opportunity to secure a coveted spot in the FIFA World Cup 2026 now beautifully unfolds in the vibrant city of Rabat, Morocco. From November 13 to 16, 2025, this historic city will be ...