State Department Map Incorrectly Labels African Countries at AIDS Conference, Calls Mistake 'An Unfortunate Error'

The U.S. State Department acknowledged Thursday that a map of Africa used during a presentation at an international AIDS conference this week incorrectly labeled the countries it highlighted, calling the mistake "an unfortunate error." The map was displayed during an event at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. It referenced Nigeria, Mozambique, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi and Cameroon, but none of the countries shown was correctly identified by the lines connecting their names to their locations. Nigeria, which has a coastline, was depicted as landlocked, while Mozambique was . . .