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The #AfricanUnion has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century #Mercator #map of the #world in favour of one that more accurately displays #Africa's size.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version

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