The UN General Assembly backed an African-led resolution promoting the Equal Earth world map, which shows continents in more accurate relative sizes. The US was the only country to vote against it.
The African Union (AU) has formally endorsed the Correct the Map campaign, which calls for replacing the centuries-old Mercator map projection with alternatives such as the Equal Earth projection. At the heart of this demand lies the charge that the Mercator projection—still widely used in schools, offices, media, and online platforms—shrinks Africa while exaggerating the.
