Trump admin apologises for mislabelled map of Africa at AIDS conference

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

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.

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.