US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference

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.

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

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

Brigadier General Paul G. Filcek, Director of Logistics at US AFRICOM, disclosed this during a digital press conference with African journalists on the ongoing 2026 Africa Logistics and Communications Symposium, co-hosted with the Ethiopian Ministry of Defence.