The US State Department on Thursday said its use of a map that incorrectly labeled all the countries it identified on a map of Africa at an international conference this week was “an unfortunate error ...

The African Union has endorsed a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator map with one that accurately reflects Africa’s true size Advocates say the centuries-old projection misrepresents Africa, ...

The State Department said a map that mislabeled African countries during a Rio de Janeiro HIV conference was an unfortunate error, raising questions about overs ...

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took ...

Officials within Marco Rubio’s State Department caused major embarrassment after using a map of Africa in a presentation that failed to place a single country in the correct part of the continent. The ...

Officials within Marco Rubio's State Department caused major embarrassment after using a map of Africa in a presentation that failed to place a single country in the correct part of the continent. The ...

Four of the six African countries highlighted - Nigeria, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and Malawi - are all incorrectly positioned. Uganda is roughly in the right place but is misshapen and Cameroon is ...

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The US State Department acknowledged 'an unfortunate error' after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.