Africa and Asia are connected by the Indian Ocean, and, for centuries, have exchanged people and knowledge through maritime and land pathways. From trade to religion, food to music, language to ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...