much to map in Africa, too, but that mattered less to the cartographers up north, he adds. One of the dangers of the Mercator map is that it can make enlarged countries seem unnaturally powerful ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

But as my colleague Craig Whitlock points out, the United States already has boots on the ground in a surprising number of African countries. This map shows what sub-Saharan nations currently have ...

THE admission of ten new countries from mostly Eastern ... but also for those outside the enlarged E.U. especially Africa which has traditionally looked up to old Europe for survival.