Flags of Africa

The green and white vertical bands recall Islam and peace, joined by a red crescent and star of the national liberation front...

Two horizontal bands of red and black carry the emblem of a half gear, machete and star, drawn from the movement that led the...

The green vertical stripe beside horizontal yellow and red bands was used from 1959, dropped in 1975 and restored in 1990. The...

The light blue of water and rain frames a black stripe edged in white for racial harmony. Rain is so precious in the arid country...

The red and green pan African bands joined by a yellow five pointed star were adopted under Thomas Sankara in 1984. The star is...

A white diagonal cross divides red and green quarters, with three stars in a circle for the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa peoples and the...

An unequal band of white and red crosses the blue field beneath a circle of ten golden stars, one for each island. The blue...

The vertical green, red and yellow bands carry a single star in the center band, the pan African scheme with a star of unity...

Four horizontal bands of blue, white, green and yellow are crossed by a red vertical stripe bearing a yellow star. Designed under...

The vertical blue, yellow and red tricolor of 1960 mirrors the flag of Romania in almost every detail, a rare case of two...

A green hoist triangle with a white crescent and four stars joins horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, one stripe for...

Three diagonal stripes of green, yellow and red run from the lower hoist to the upper fly. Adopted in 1959, the flag was replaced...

A white triangle at the hoist bears a red star and divides light blue for the Issa Somali and light green for the Afar peoples...

A yellow diagonal stripe runs from the lower hoist to the upper fly bearing a red star with yellow edging on a sky blue field...

The red, white and black bands of the Arab Liberation flag carry the golden eagle of Saladin in the white stripe. The current...

Horizontal bands of green, white and red are joined by a blue triangle at the hoist, with arms of the silk cotton tree and six...

A red triangle rises from the hoist between green and blue, bearing a golden wreath around an olive branch derived from the 1952...

Horizontal stripes of blue and yellow flank a broad red band bearing the black and white shield, two spears and a staff with the...

The green, yellow and red bands inspired the pan African colors across the continent after Ethiopia resisted colonization. The...

Green for the equatorial forest, yellow for the equator and the sun, and blue for the sea. Adopted at independence in 1960, the...

A red band of the sun runs above the blue of the Gambia river between green bands of the forests, each divided by white edging...

Designed by the artist Theodosia Okoh and raised at independence in 1957, it was the second African flag after that of Ethiopia...

The vertical pan African tricolor in red, yellow and green was raised at independence in 1958. The colors stand for the blood of...

A vertical red stripe bearing a black star sits beside yellow and green bands. The design follows the flag of the party that led...

The orange, white and green vertical tricolor of 1960 is a mirror image of the Irish flag, with orange for the savanna, white for...

Black, red and green bands edged in white carry the shield and two spears of the Maasai people. The shield stands for the defense...

A horizontal tricolor of blue, white and green displays the black mokorotlo, the conical straw hat of the Basotho, on the white...

Eleven stripes honor the eleven signers of the declaration of independence, around a blue canton bearing a single white star, the...

The flag of the kingdom restored in 2011 runs red, black and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black band...

A vertical white panel joins two horizontal bands of red and green, the colors of the Hova people and the kingdoms of the...

A rising red sun of 31 rays stands on the black band of the African people, above red for the blood of martyrs and green for the...

The vertical pan African tricolor without emblem was adopted in 1961 after the breakup of the federation with Senegal. Its band...

The green field bears a gold crescent and star, framed by red stripes added by referendum in 2017 to honor the blood of the...

Four horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green stand for the struggle for freedom, the Indian Ocean, the light of...

The red banner of the Alaouite dynasty bears the green interlaced pentagram known as the seal of Solomon, added in 1915. Red and...

Horizontal bands of green, black and yellow edged in white carry a red triangle at the hoist with a star, a book, a hoe and a...

A white edged red diagonal rises from the lower hoist over blue and green, charged with a golden sun of twelve rays. The design...

The orange of the Sahara, white of purity and green of hope and the river valley are completed by an orange roundel of the sun in...

A white band between two green panels was designed by the student Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a 1959 competition. The green stands...

The 2001 design raised a blue band for peace, yellow for economic development and green for prosperity, with a golden sun of 24...

A red triangle at the hoist joins green and yellow bands of vegetation and cocoa, crossed by two black stars for the two islands...

The vertical pan African bands carry a green star of hope in the yellow center. The colors of the faith, wealth and the struggle...

Five bands of blue, yellow, red, white and green radiate from the lower hoist like rays of a nation moving into the future. Each...

Green for agriculture and the mountains, white for justice and unity, and blue for the sea and the harbor of Freetown. Adopted at...

The five pointed star of unity points to the five regions where Somali peoples live, on a blue field first raised by the trust...

The 1994 design merges colors of the liberation movement with those of the old republics, with a green Y-shaped band that...

A blue triangle at the hoist bears a gold star, over black, red and green bands edged in white for peace. The star marks the...

The Arab Liberation colors run red, white and black with a green triangle at the hoist, adopted in 1970 to replace the blue...

A black diagonal edged in gold rises from the lower hoist over green and blue, merging the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar at...

Five horizontal bands of green and white run beside a red canton bearing a gold star, with the pan African colors arranged in the...

The white disk bears a red crescent and star over the red field of the Husainid dynasty. The design descends from the naval...

Black, yellow and red bands for the African peoples, the sunshine and the spirit of brotherhood center the grey crowned crane of...

An African fish eagle in flight, the freedom of the people over the natural wealth, soars over three vertical stripes of red...

A soapstone bird of the Great Zimbabwe ruins stands on a red star of the struggle, over pan African bands with a black triangle...