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 posted them online. The map showed Nigeria, where the US currently has several hundred troops deployed, as landlocked in the Sahara desert. Mozambique, which is in south-eastern Africa, was relocated to the Horn of Africa, while Côte d’Ivoire in west Africa was placed on the other side of the continent. In a statement, the state department said: “We take full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees, including our African partners.” The ​state department said the discussions at the conference were “substantive and constructive” despite the map ​and that it remained ‌committed to fighting Aids ​with real results.