State Department map of Africa mislabels every country at AIDS conference

The State Department said that it took “full responsibility” for the confusion caused and that the map was produced by a team ...

U.S. State Department apologizes for African map blunder

The U.S. State Department has apologized for using an incorrectly labeled map of Africa during a presentation at the global ...

State Dept. apologizes for mislabeling countries on Africa map

The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that ...

The State Department Presented an Error-Filled Map of Africa. What Happened Next Is a Warning for Every CEO Using AI

An analysis revealed that the image was generated with AI. Here’s how to avoid the same embarrassing fate.

State Dept. apologizes for mislabelling countries on map of Africa slide at conference

Among some of the errors on the slide, coastal Nigeria is landlocked, Mozambique has been transported from southern Africa to the Horn of Africa, and Ivory Coast has shifted from West Africa across ...
GCN

African Union pushes map showing Africa’s true scale

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...
Phys.org

World maps get Africa's size wrong: Cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...