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Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps

France is redrawing its world map: deeming the Mercator projection misleading, the foreign ministry will drop it in favour of a map that better reflects actual continental sizes, especially Africa.

Euronews

UN backs effort to drop Mercator map and show size of Africa more accurately

The United Nations voted on Saturday for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting the true size of countries.

Radio France Internationale

The charts that show the havoc El Nino is set to wreak across the world

IN FOCUS: The unprecedented event is predicted to reach tens of millions of people around the globe, as well as hitting food prices in the UK. MPs from across parliament are calling on the government to rethink Britain’s substantial aid cuts to Africa to Asia given the scale of the…

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Africa’s push to redraw the world map to show its true size wins overwhelming UN support; India votes in favour

The UN General Assembly has backed an African Union-led push for world maps that more accurately represent Africa’s size. The “Correct the Map” resolution received 164 votes in favour and challenges the widely used Mercator projection, which makes Africa appear disproportionately small.

The Economic Times

UN General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows more accurately Africa's size

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately

The Independent UK

UN ditches Mercator map to adopt more accurate one reflecting Africa's true size

The UN General Assembly on Friday voted to shift away from the 16th-century Mercator map, designed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator, for a more accurate one reflecting the true size of continents. The resolution, spearheaded by several African countries and co-sponsored by France, was backed by 164 countries. The US…

France 24

In 2007, the Great Green Wall aimed to restore 100 million hectares across Africa's Sahel. 19 years later, Ethiopia, Senegal and Nigeria have restored millions of hectares of land

Great Green Wall land restoration Africa: The Great Green Wall initiative in Africa is making significant strides in rehabilitating degraded lands across the Sahel. Since its inception in 2007, nearly eighteen million hectares have been revitalized by participating nations.

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France drops Mercator maps as Africa pushes for truer world view

France will stop using maps based on the traditional Mercator projection, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Friday – backing an African push for a more accurate representation of the continent.

Radio France Internationale

Strengthening Africa is an investment in Europe's future: EU Commissioner Jozef Sikela

Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to Jozef Sikela. The EU Commissioner in charge of International Partnerships insists that traditional multilateralism is alive and well, especially in the EU's approach to Africa and to the…

France 24

Florida Cubans deported to Africa by ICE, then abandoned, ‘I honestly thought it was a bad joke because the officer laughed’

“It is a punishment that makes no sense. There is no other word for it."

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Civil rights groups urge a halt to South Africa data centers boom amid water and power fears

Civil rights groups in South Africa are calling for a pause on building more data centers until their use of water, land and electricity is investigated

The Independent UK

Africa wants to overhaul the world map. Here’s why

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The Independent UK

UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa

Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection

The Independent UK

NBA star Yao Ming saw elephants and rhinos killed for ivory and horns; he later became a leading wildlife conservation campaigner in China

Yao Ming had spent years being watched by millions of people, but nothing in his basketball career prepared him for what he encountered in Africa. In August 2012, the former NBA star travelled through Kenya and South Africa to see the impact of the illegal wildlife trade firsthand. He watched…

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The Guardian - UK

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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Bring on the drones: how a technology revolution is being rolled out across Africa’s nature reserves

As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go together

The Times of India

In 2013, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen put $7 million into counting Africa's elephants; the two-year survey found just 352,271 across 18 countries and exposed a devastating decline

In 2013, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G Allen committed $7 million to one of the largest efforts ever undertaken to determine how many African elephants remained in the wild. Known as the Great Elephant Census, the project was led by Elephants Without Borders and involved scientists, conservation organisations, pilots…

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From infrastructure to military drills, China deepens footprint in Egypt as Xi visits Cairo

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s return to Cairo comes as Egypt and China push their relationship beyond infrastructure and trade into technology, defence and a broader strategic partnership with regional implications.

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I Want Alone To Return To Africa, But It Only Works With An Obvious Change

I would like to see this happen in future seasons.

The Times of India

Nearly 2,000-year-old vessel with two snake heads found at a Roman villa in Spain; archaeologists link it to the secretive cult of Sabazios

A Roman villa in Spain yielded fragments of a unique two-headed serpent vessel. This artifact suggests the private worship of the god Sabazios spread widely. Laboratory tests indicate the vessel likely originated from Roman Africa. Evidence for this cult on the Iberian Peninsula is generally scarce. The find highlights the…

France 24

Niger's thwarted mutiny highlights junta's dependence on Russia

A failed mutiny in Niger over the weekend shows how important Russia's Africa Corps mercenaries are in the country, according to analysts. They argue that the failed mutiny on Saturday shows how the country's security landscape has worsened and contradicts claims from Niger's junta about the country's independence from foreign…

The Conversation

Why Tupac lives on in Cape Town 30 years after he was murdered

Thirty years after world famous US rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down at the age of 25, his legacy has remained a lasting and continuous presence in Africa.

The Economic Times

India reopens Zambia talks to secure critical minerals: Report

India has resumed talks with Zambia to explore investment opportunities in critical minerals. Officials from India's Ministry of Mines held preliminary discussions with Zambian officials recently. India is also evaluating investment opportunities in several other countries for mineral supplies. The nation seeks raw materials to meet rising demand from its…

The Guardian - UK

A walking tour of Andalucía’s historic white villages: ‘Nightingales serenade us as we wind along lush river valleys’

The famous pueblos blancos in southern Spain’s Sierra de Grazalema natural park teem with wildlife amid a limestone wonderland of peaks

The Independent UK

Can pineapples thrive in Africa's Sahel? A Burkina Faso farmer says the answer is yes

Farmers in arid Burkina Faso have begun growing pineapples to reduce reliance on imports and adapt to climate challenges

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