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State Department map labels every African country wrong at conference

The State Department is having some trouble identifying states. At the annual International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week, the U.S. State Department unveiled a map of the ...

US admits 'unfortunate error' after mislabelling countries on map of Africa

A State Department presentation at HIV conference put Ivory Coast in East Africa and made Nigeria landlocked.

State Department Map Incorrectly Labels African Countries at AIDS Conference, Calls Mistake 'An Unfortunate Error'

The U.S. State Department acknowledged Thursday that a map of Africa used during a presentation at an international AIDS conference this week incorrectly labeled the countries it highlighted, calling ...
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American map mislabels every African country at global conference

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State department takes 'full responsibility' after graphic placed Nigeria in the Sahara Desert and Ivory Coast on wrong side of ...
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African Union pushes map showing Africa’s true scale

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...
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Africa Wants a More Accurate World Map

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...