from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj
wkt = '''PROJCS["Africa_Equidistant_Conic",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],PROJECTION["Equidistant_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",25],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",20],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",-23],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],UNIT["Meter",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","102023"]]'''
m = mapObj('')
m.setWKTProjection(wkt)
lyr = layerObj(m)
lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)