US government mislabels countries on map of Africa at global conference
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The US State Department acknowledged ‘an unfortunate error’ after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.
United States officials attending a major health conference in Brazil mislabeled the African countries they showed on a map, causing an online stir and a subsequent admission of error from the Department of State.
Attendees at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro earlier this week took videos and screenshots of the highly inaccurate African map and posted them online, garnering thousands of views – and ridicule from netizens.
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Video footage reviewed by the Reuters news agency showed the map pop up halfway through a presentation of the US State Department’s controversial new health agreements with African countries, following the Trump administration’s unprecedented and deadly aid cuts.
The map appeared to show Nigeria in the Sahara while Mozambique, which is in southeastern Africa, was placed in the eastern Horn of Africa.
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