{"id":84309,"date":"2026-05-28T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepotentiel.bj\/?p=84309"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:27:59","slug":"onu-le-togo-veut-corriger-la-dimension-reelle-de-lafrique-sur-la-carte-du-monde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepotentiel.bj\/?p=84309","title":{"rendered":"ONU : le Togo veut corriger la dimension r\u00e9elle de l\u2019Afrique sur la carte du monde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ONU : le Togo veut corriger la dimension r\u00e9elle de l\u2019Afrique sur la carte du monde<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Le Togo d\u00e9fendra, en septembre 2026 devant l\u2019Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) une r\u00e9solution visant \u00e0 modifier la repr\u00e9sentation de l\u2019Afrique sur les cartes du monde. Soutenue par l\u2019Union africaine (UA), cette initiative sera pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e lors de la prochaine Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Nations unies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L\u2019objectif affich\u00e9 est de promouvoir une projection cartographique plus fid\u00e8le aux dimensions r\u00e9elles des continents. Il sera question aussi d\u2019encourager l\u2019abandon progressif de la projection de Mercator, utilis\u00e9e depuis le XVIe si\u00e8cle dans de nombreux atlas, manuels scolaires et outils num\u00e9riques. Avec une superficie de plus de 30 millions de km\u00b2, l\u2019Afrique est le deuxi\u00e8me plus vaste continent apr\u00e8s l\u2019Asie. Pourtant, sur plusieurs cartes actuelles, le continent appara\u00eet visuellement plus petit que sa taille r\u00e9elle. \u00c0 l\u2019inverse, des r\u00e9gions situ\u00e9es pr\u00e8s des p\u00f4les, comme le Groenland, semblent disproportionnellement grandes malgr\u00e9 une superficie nettement inf\u00e9rieure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cette d\u00e9formation r\u00e9sulte de la projection cartographique con\u00e7ue au XVIe si\u00e8cle par le g\u00e9ographe flamand Gerardus Mercator. Initialement \u00e9labor\u00e9e pour faciliter la navigation maritime, cette repr\u00e9sentation agrandit les terres proches des p\u00f4les et r\u00e9duit celles situ\u00e9es autour de l\u2019\u00e9quateur, notamment l\u2019Afrique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selon le ministre togolais des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Robert Dussey, l\u2019Union africaine a officiellement confi\u00e9 au Togo la mission de porter cette r\u00e9solution devant l\u2019ONU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le texte d\u00e9fendu par Lom\u00e9 recommande notamment l\u2019adoption progressive de la projection dite \u00ab Equal Earth \u00bb, cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 2018. Cette repr\u00e9sentation cartographique conserve davantage les proportions r\u00e9elles des continents tout en limitant les distorsions visuelles observ\u00e9es sur la projection de Mercator. L\u2019Union africaine souhaite encourager l\u2019utilisation de cette nouvelle projection dans les \u00e9coles, les institutions publiques, les organisations internationales ainsi que dans les entreprises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">M\u00e9dard Clobechi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONU : le Togo veut corriger la dimension r\u00e9elle de l\u2019Afrique sur la carte du monde Le Togo d\u00e9fendra, en septembre 2026 devant l\u2019Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) une r\u00e9solution visant \u00e0 modifier la repr\u00e9sentation de l\u2019Afrique sur les cartes du monde. 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