US govt map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

A US government map of Africa mislabeled all countries during a State Department presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, sparking online criticism. The map, which included an AI watermark from OpenAI, incorrectly placed Nigeria in the Sahara Desert, Mozambique in the Horn of Africa, and Ivory Coast on the continent's eastern side. The State Department acknowledged responsibility, attributing the error to a team member who hastily edited the slide deck.