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UN moves away from map that makes Africa look small

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UN moves away from map that makes Africa look small — Sources: CBC

The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map toward one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.

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