Chris Rose
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In the wake of death of UK political prisoner, Peter Lynch, who was fast tracked into prison for essentially shouting in the street. The grandfather was ultimately sentenced to death. Pakistani family who attacked police at Manchester Airport, STILL haven't even been charged.
Turning Point UK
Turning Point UK@TPointUK
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Get you up to speed: UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The United Nations voted on 4 September 2026 to adopt a new world map resolution, aimed at accurately representing countries’ sizes, in a decision led by African Union member states and the Bahamas. The resolution received overwhelming support, passing with a vote of 164-1 and six abstentions, as it seeks to address historical distortions caused by the widely-used Mercator map.

The resolution will not alter the use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation, which remains suitable for those purposes. Togo plans to update its school geography materials by the end of the year and will advocate for the adoption of the Equal Earth projection among other governments and organisations.

The United Nations has officially adopted the “Correct the Map” resolution to promote the Equal Earth projection, reflecting a true representation of Africa’s size, with support from 164 member states. In response, Togo plans to update its school geography materials by the end of the year and will encourage other nations and organisations to adopt the new mapping standard.

What remains unclear — It is not specified how long it will take for Togo to implement the changes to its school geography materials.

UN adopts new world map to accurately reflect Africa’s true size

News|MapsUN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

Published On 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026

The United Nations has voted to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects countries’ true sizes, a resolution sponsored by African states to right a centuries-old wrong.

The “Correct the Map” resolution adopted by the UN general assembly on Friday aims to address a colonial-era injustice that has visually shrunk Africa for 450 years, shaping how the continent is perceived in media, education and policy around the world.

The resolution, put forward by African Union (AU) member states and the Bahamas, was backed by a vote of 164-1 with six abstentions.

Togo led the AU’s campaign to limit use of the widely-used Mercator map.

Developed in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator, the projection distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles. For instance, it makes Greenland appear roughly the same size as Africa, even though Africa is about 14 times larger.

Some critics of the Mercator map believe it remains widely used because it visually exaggerates and centralises Western nations, perpetuating ideas of European superiority.

“A fair world begins with a fair map,” Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey told the Reuters news agency ahead of Friday’s vote.

The resolution promotes the Equal Earth projection, which more accurately portrays the size of the continents.

 

UN adopts new world map to accurately reflect Africa’s true size

The resolution is not legally binding and it “in no way challenges the use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation, for which it remains fully suited,” the Togolese ministry said in a statement.

The United States – the only country to vote against the resolution – said it promoted an “ideological agenda” and was a distraction from the “genuine problems of international peace, prosperity or good relations”.

Moky Makura, executive director of the advocacy organisation Africa No Filter that’s involved in “Correct the World” map campaign, hailed the vote, saying “now the real work begins”.

“We want to see accurate maps in schools, textbooks, newsrooms, businesses and on the digital platforms billions of people use every day,” Makura said in a statement.

“If we got something as basic as Africa’s size wrong for this long, what else about Africa have we simply accepted without questioning? Africa doesn’t need to be made bigger. It needs to be seen accurately,” she added.

‘Distortions eventually take root in perceptions’

Ahead of the vote, France, who co-sponsored the resolution, announced that it planned to abandon the Mercator map.

The foreign ministry “will abandon the Mercator projection in favour of map representations tailored to specific uses, more faithful to actual surface areas and in line with the recommendations of cartographers and scientists”, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

“The United States, Russia and China take on a disproportionate visual prominence compared to Africa, Latin America or southeast Asia,” Barrot said, adding that “distortions eventually take root in perceptions” and that “the time has come to correct them.”

The Mercator map remains widely used in classrooms, but Togo hopes to change its school geography materials by the end of the year, Dussey told Reuters.

Togo will press other governments, schools, international organisations and technology companies to move away from the Mercator map in favour of the Equal Earth one, Dussey said.

Dussey linked the campaign to adopt the map to wider African efforts to confront colonial-era legacies, while saying it was not an attack on Europe or any other civilisation.

The Mercator map’s widespread use is a consequence of colonisation, he said.

“The world is changing. Africa also is changing.”

Get you up to speed: Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs form new provincial party

Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs are establishing a new provincial party in British Columbia. They aim to provide voters with an alternative to the current governing NDP and the Conservatives.

The new party is in the process of establishing its organisational structure and aims to officially launch before the next provincial election. Former MLAs involved have not specified a timeline for their candidate selection or outreach to potential supporters.

Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs have announced the formation of a new provincial party aimed at providing voters with an alternative to the current NDP government and the existing Conservative party. The group is set to officially launch their platform in the coming weeks, seeking to engage with the public to outline their vision for the province.

What remains unclear — The specific policies and platform details of the new provincial party have not been disclosed.

Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs establish new provincial party

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Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs are forming a new provincial party they say will offer voters an alternative to both the governing NDP and the Conservatives.

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