Africa Links 24 with Martin Endjala
Published on 2026-09-05 13:52:00
The African Union has welcomed a recent United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for a more accurate representation of Africa on world maps.
The initiative centres on the Mercator projection, a 16th-century map designed mainly for navigation, which distorts the relative size of land areas and makes Africa appear significantly smaller than its actual surface area.
The resolution, championed by Togo on behalf of the African Group, seeks to address long-standing concerns over the…
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