US admits 'unfortunate error' after mislabelling countries on map of Africa

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A US State Department official presented a map mislabeling Nigeria, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, and Malawi at an Aids conference in Brazil on Sunday. The State Department called it an "unfortunate error" caused by a team member hastily altering the slide deck, which was reportedly created using AI tools. The incident occurred during discussions about US funding for HIV programs in Africa.

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

US admits 'unfortunate error' after mislabelling countries on map of Africa

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