Togo to ask UN member states to use map showing Africa's true size

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 ...
Reuters

The true size of Africa

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 Washington Post

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
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Togo proposes to the UN a new map that restores Africa to its true geographic dimension

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 ...