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UN adopts new world map highlighting Africa’s true scale
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The United Nations General Assembly has voted to adopt a new official world map that more accurately reflects the true relative sizes of countries, significantly increasing the apparent scale of Africa. The move follows a push by African nations to replace traditional projections that they say have entrenched geopolitical biases and minimized the continent’s importance.[6][8][10]
