UN votes to adopt new world map that shows true size of Africa

The resolution is part of the #CorrectTheMap campaign led by Togo and backed by all 55 African Union member states. Togo introduced the resolution to the assembly about a year after the African Union endorsed it. The resolution is part of the #CorrectTheMap campaign backed by all 55 African Union member states. The resolution seeks to replace the traditional Mercator map, which distorts the region, with the Equal Earth projection, which is believed to show countries’ true sizes.  It calls for an “equitable” representation of the globe’s regions, particularly Africa. It also argues that the way the world map is…