State Department’s map at AIDS conference mislabels countries in Africa

The Trump administration didn’t need another example of rank incompetence, but it’s stumbled onto one anyway.

A State Department presentation at HIV conference put Ivory Coast in East Africa and made Nigeria landlocked.

The Trump administration has apologised and is facing intense criticism after officials displayed a map of Africa that mislabelled every highlighted country during a presentation at AIDS 2026, while simultaneously defending sweeping changes to US-funded global HIV programmes. During a US State Department event on Sunda

The US State Department acknowledged 'an unfortunate error' after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.

The department acknowledged the “confusion” its map caused during a presentation at a global AIDS conference in Brazil.

The US State Department presented a map of Africa that mislabeled every nation on the continent that it attempted to highlight at the International AIDS Conference in Brazil this week.

State Department says it made ‘an unfortunate error’ when it mislabeled countries on map of Africa  CNN

A US government map of Africa mislabelled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online. Reuters viewed a ‌video of the presentation given at the Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Jane

Trump administration mislabels African countries in slideshow at AIDS conference MEE staff on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 19:05 The State Department said a staffer hastily arranged the map but did not apologise to its African partners at the event A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mi

The US State Department apologises for displaying an inaccurate Africa map at an AIDS conference, causing confusion among African partners.

Nigeria was depicted as a landlocked nation in the Sahara Desert rather than in West Africa.

The mislabelled map was shown during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 Conference in Rio de Janeiro on the U.S. State Department's new health program agreements with African nations.

The US State Department acknowledged “an unfortunate error” on Thursday after an inaccurate map of Africa was displayed at an AIDS conference in Brazil earlier this week.“We take full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees, including our African partners,” a State Department spok

The U.S. State Department acknowledged “an unfortunate error” on Thursday after an inaccurate map of Africa was displayed at an AIDS conference in Brazil earlier this week.

The US State Department acknowledged "an unfortunate error" on Thursday after an inaccurate map of Africa was displayed at an AIDS conference in Brazil earlier this week.

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”

Oops! State Dept. Mislabels Every Country On A Map Of Africa At Global Conference  HuffPost

The State Department is having some trouble identifying states. At the annual International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week, the U.S. State Department unveiled a map of the African continent with every single country mislabeled. Nigeria drifted into the Sahara Desert, landlocked and lost; Mozambiqu

The US State Department blamed a staffer for the error amid a probe into whether it was made by AI

A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online.Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro

The map showed Nigeria as landlocked in the Sahara Desert, among other errors.

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in Brazil ⁠this week, ​causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and post

A U.S. State Department presentation at a major global health conference has sparked criticism after an AI-generated map of Africa wrongly labelled every country on the continent.

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference  Reuters