African Union - Wikipedia
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [7][8] located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September …
Why does the African Union want to ditch the world’s most popular map ...
Aug 21, 2025 · The organisation has endorsed a campaign urging governments, schools, media outlets, and international institutions to stop using the Mercator projection — a map first …
African Union backs campaign to replace map that shrinks Africa …
Aug 21, 2025 · The Correct the Map campaign, endorsed by the African Union, advocates for this map projection to help counteract misperceptions fed by projections like the Mercator map.
Africa Wants to Replace the World’s Most Famous Map
Aug 29, 2025 · The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a formal effort to redraw the map of the world, creating one that it believes accurately represents Africa.
African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s …
Aug 15, 2025 · The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that …
African Union Endorses Call to Abandon the Mercator Map - The …
Aug 19, 2025 · A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size.
African Union Backs Campaign to Adopt More Realistic World Map
Aug 19, 2025 · The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most …
File:Map of the African Union.svg - Wikimedia Commons
Jan 1, 2026 · Deutsch: Karte der Afrikanischen Union. English: Map of the African Union — showing member nations.
African Union pushes for new world map that reflects the …
Aug 15, 2025 · The African Union (AU) has thrown its support behind a campaign to replace the 16th-century Mercator world map with one that more accurately reflects Africa’s true size.
African Union Demands New World Map to Show Continent’s …
Aug 15, 2025 · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The African Union (AU) has thrown its full weight behind a global campaign to replace the distorted 16th-century Mercator map with a projection that …