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African Union Back Campaign to Adopt More Realistic World Map

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

African Union wants world to scrub 450-year-old map

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...
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Displacement as a weapon of war: targeting Africa’s most vulnerable

In international human rights and humanitarian law, IDPs are – as civilians – considered ‘internationally protected persons’ when displaced as a result of armed conflict. Attacking them or blocking ...

Why does Greenland look bigger than Africa — and India smaller? The Mercator Projection explained

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions ...

Japan proposes ‘economic zone’ linking Indian Ocean to Africa, seeks greater role in the region

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian ...
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Stop using map which shrinks African continent’s size, says African Union

The African Union and campaigners want Africa's map to be corrected to its true size after years of distortion ...

African Union urged to unite for International Humanitarian Law initiative

African leaders call for urgent collective action to strengthen International Humanitarian Law and tackle the escalating ...

African Union chair calls for economic growth through mutual cooperation

Angolan President Joao Lourenco has called for economic growth through mutual cooperation at a global conference on African ...