Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is roughly three times as large as Europe, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the world’s most popular map, the 16th-century Mercator map. Last week, the African Union, a ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled - A world map drawn in the 1500s is to blame ...

Americans have been warned against travelling to certain parts of Africa, with a string of updated advisories issued by the U.S. State Department in recent weeks. Meanwhile, many other countries on ...