Togo officials argue that current widely used projections are geographically deceptive and minimize the continent's global ...

By Noel Kokou Tadegnon and Catarina Demony LOME, April 14 (Reuters) - Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of Africa and ditch ...

Togo is spearheading a diplomatic movement to overhaul how the world views the African continent. The West African nation ...

Satellite image of the world map with Africa highlighted in the center. (Photo: © Domaine public) Togo received the mission from the African Union to present to the United Nations a proposal for a ...

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Reuters reports that Togo’s Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, disclosed that the West African nation, backed by the African ...

For centuries, the world has viewed the globe through the lens of the 1569 Mercator projection—a navigation tool that shrinks ...

The AU has adopted the Equal Earth projection, replacing distorted Mercator maps to accurately show Africa’s true size ...

One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger. This clever animation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...