| Name |
Flag image |
Flag description |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Costavorio-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red; design was based on the flag of France |
| Djibouti |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gibuti-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center |
| Egypt |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Egitto-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with the national emblem (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars, and to the flag of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band |
| Equatorial Guinea |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/EqGuinea-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice) |
| Eritrea |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Eritrea-flag.jpg |
red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle |
| Ethiopia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Etiopia-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors |
| Gabon |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gabon-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue |
| Angola |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Angola-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle) |
| Benin |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Benin-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a vertical green band on the hoist side |
| Burkina Faso |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Burkin-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Burundi |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Burundi-flag.jpg |
divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below) |
| Cape Verde |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Capver-flag.jpg |
three horizontal bands of light blue (top, double width), white (with a horizontal red stripe in the middle third), and light blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the hoist end of the red stripe and extends into the upper and lower blue bands |
| Central African Republic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Centrafrica-flag.jpg |
four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; there is a yellow five-pointed star on the hoist side of the blue band |
| Comoros |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Comore-flag.gif |
four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; centered within the triangle is a white crescent with the convex side facing the hoist and four white, five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (a territorial collectivity of France, but claimed by Comoros); the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/CongoDem-flag.jpg |
light blue with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center and a columnar arrangement of six small yellow five-pointed stars along the hoist side |
| Algeria |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Alger-flag.jpg |
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion) |
| Botswana |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Botswan-flag.jpg |
light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center |
| Cameroon |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Camer-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Chad |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Ciad-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; similar to the flag of Romania; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France |
| Congo, Republic of the |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Congo-flag.jpg |
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Gambia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gambia-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green |
| Ghana |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gana-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band |
| Guinea |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Guinea-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Guinea Bissau |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/GuinBiss-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Kenya |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Kenia-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center |
| Lesotho |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Lesotho-flag.jpg |
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper half is white, bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band with a green triangle in the corner |
| Liberia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Liberia-flag.jpg |
11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a white five-pointed star on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the design was based on the US flag |
| Libya |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Libia-flag.jpg |
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion) |
| Madagascar |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Madagasca-flag.jpg |
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side |
| Malawi |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Malawi-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band |
| Mali |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mali-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Mauritania |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mauritania-flag.jpg |
green with a yellow five-pointed star above a yellow, horizontal crescent; the closed side of the crescent is down; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam |
| Mauritius |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mauritius-flag.jpg |
four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green |
| Morocco |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Marocco-flag.jpg |
red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known as Solomon's seal in the center of the flag; green is the traditional color of Islam |
| Mozambique |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mozambico-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book |
| Namibia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Namibia-flag.jpg |
a large blue triangle with a yellow sunburst fills the upper left section and an equal green triangle (solid) fills the lower right section; the triangles are separated by a red stripe that is contrasted by two narrow white-edge borders |
| Niger |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Niger-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a small orange disk (representing the sun) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band |
| Nigeria |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Nigeria-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green |
| Rwanda |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Ruandaw-flag.gif |
three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band |
| Saint Helena |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/SElena-flag.jpg |
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/STome-flag.jpg |
three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Senegal |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Senegal-flag.jpg |
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Seychelles |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Seicelle-flag.jpg |
five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side |
| Sierra Leone |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Sierraleo-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue |
| Somalia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Somalia-flag.jpg |
light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; blue field influenced by the flag of the UN |
| South Africa |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Sudafrica-flag.jpg |
two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes |
| Sudan |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Sudan-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side |
| Swaziland |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Swazil-flag.jpg |
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally |
| Tanzania |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tanzania-flag.jpg |
divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue |
| Togo |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Togo-flag.jpg |
five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia |
| Tunisia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tunisia-flag.jpg |
red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam |
| Uganda |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Uganda-flag.jpg |
six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side |
| Zambia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Zambia-flag.jpg |
green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag |
| Zimbabwe |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Zimbabw-flag.jpg |
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people |