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UN endorses new world map showing Africa’s true size

UN votes to endorse new map projection that shows Africa's size more accurately

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advoca...

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

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UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa

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UN Map Shows Arunachal, Aksai Chin As Separate Regions Between India, China

The new map of the world issued by the United Nations, the one backed by India under the 'Correct the map' resolution, has drawn renewed attention as it depicts Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin, which...

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An old geopolitical distortion corrected

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India seeks correct depiction on UN map, demands Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh included

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U.S. State Department apologizes for African map blunder

The U.S. State Department has apologized for using an incorrectly labeled map of Africa during a presentation at the global AIDS conference in Brazil.

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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The Business Standard

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

The UN General Assembly has adopted the Equal Earth projection to replace the 400-year-old Mercator map, pushing to correct a centuries-old cartographic distortion that severely shrinks the African continent.