The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution, spearheaded by Togo on behalf of the African Group, to promote more accurate world maps that better represent the relative size of continents, particularly Africa.

• The resolution passed with 164 countries voting in favour, while the United States voted against it.
• The initiative aims to counter the distortions of the Mercator projection, which inaccurately depicts continents like Africa as much smaller than they are.
• The African Union endorses this move, advocating for the use of projections like Equal Earth to ensure objective and scientifically established realities of Africa's true dimensions are represented globally in educational and digital platforms.