and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new campaign is set to change that.

Open Buildings: Free map putting Africa’s new settlements on the radar. The Open Buildings data set has been developed by researchers at Google Research Africa.

Ever wonder why Africa’s borders appear so strange? From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map.

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...