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  "id": 5793485,
  "title": "Africa map size: Togo to change school maps, geography books after UN vote",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/africa-map-size-togo-to-change-school-maps-geography-books-after-un",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T15:48:25.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/africa-map-size-togo-to-change-school-maps-geography-books-after-un-vote/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Togo has announced plans to change its school geography materials by the end of the year after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution promoting maps that more accurately represent the size of Africa and other regions of the world. Togo’s Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, said his country would become the first to change its geography books as part of efforts to encourage wider adoption of the Equal Earth projection, which gives a more proportionate representation of the world’s land masses.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "‘Correct the Map’: Why the new world map matters to Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/correct-the-map-why-the-new-world-map-matters-to-africa",
        "published": "2026-09-05T10:48:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/how-big-is-africa-really-why-the-un-voted-to-change-the-world-map",
        "published": "2026-09-05T12:49:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Africa map size: Togo to change school maps, geography books after UN vote",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/africa-map-size-togo-to-change-school-maps-geography-books-after-un-5797094",
        "published": "2026-09-05T16:27:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}