US government mislabels countries on map of Africa at global conference

The US State Department acknowledged ‘an unfortunate error’ after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026United 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.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4After OpenAI disclosure, Anthropic says Claude also hacked outside systemslist 2 of 4‘First somewhat optimistic day’ in France since fire outbreak says prefectlist 3 of 4Families sleep in cars after homes destroyed in Japan earthquakelist 4 of 4Ten climbers led by renowned Nepali mountaineer ‘missing’ on Pakistan peakend of listVideo 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 unprecedente...