The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

As of Sept. 4, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that would more accurately represent the size of Africa. The ...

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

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Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out ...