Multiple reports say a map displayed by the U.S. State Department at a global AIDS conference includes incorrect labels for several African countries. Nigeria, for example, is shown as a landlocked country in the Sahara Desert rather than in West Africa. The New York Times also reports that other errors appear on the same map, affecting at least one additional country’s location or description. According to the New York Times, the State Department says the map was “hastily altered,” suggesting the mistakes were introduced during last-minute changes. Premium Times similarly describes the Nigeria labeling error and frames it as part of broader mislabeling across the displayed African map. Together, the accounts describe the issue as an apparent geography mistake on an official U.S. materials graphic used at the conference, rather than an allegation about policy or disease-related claims. Both outlets report that the U.S. State Department acknowledges the map was altered hastily, but neither report details further corrective steps, timing, or whether a replacement graphic is provided.
U.S. State Department AIDS conference map mislabels Nigeria and other African countries
Multiple reports say a map displayed by the U.S. State Department at a global AIDS conference includes incorrect labels for several African countries. Nigeria, for example, is shown as a landlocked co...
- The U.S. State Department displays a map with geographic errors at a global AIDS conference.
- Nigeria is incorrectly shown as landlocked in the Sahara rather than in West Africa.
- The map includes other mislabeling errors affecting African countries.
- The State Department says the map was “hastily altered.”
Nigeria was depicted as a landlocked nation in the Sahara Desert rather than in West Africa. The post US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
4 hours agoNigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
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