Oops! State Dept. Mislabels Every Country On A Map Of Africa At Global Conference

Profoundly embarrassing.

American map mislabels every African country at global conference

A map of Africa with multiple countries incorrectly labelled was displayed by a Trump administration official during a global ...

State Department says it made 'an unfortunate error' when it mislabeled countries on map of Africa

The US State Department on Thursday said its use of a map that incorrectly labeled all the countries it identified on a map ...

US government’s map of Africa mislabels every country sparking confusion at global conference

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State Department Mislabels African Countries on Map at Global AIDS Conference

The map was altered immediately before the presentation, resulting in the mistake, according to a department spokesperson ...

State Dept. apologizes for mislabeling countries on Africa map

The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that ...

State Department Mislabels African Nations on Map at AIDS Summit

The US State Department presented a map of Africa that mislabeled every nation on the continent that it attempted to ...

US State Department Map Mislabels Every African Country at Global Conference

The US State Department has issued an apology following a major error in a map displayed at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio ...

State Dept. apologizes for mislabelling countries on map of Africa slide at conference

Among some of the errors on the slide, coastal Nigeria is landlocked, Mozambique has been transported from southern Africa to the Horn of Africa, and Ivory Coast has shifted from West Africa across ...

State Department Map Mislabels African Countries at AIDS Conference

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had ...