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African Flags
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Algeria
Memory hookGreen and white halves with a red crescent and star. Algeria.
Angola
Memory hookRed over black with a yellow half-cogwheel and machete. Angola (echoing the Soviet hammer and sickle).
Benin
Memory hookA green vertical stripe at the hoist, then yellow over red. Benin (pan-African green, yellow, red).
Botswana
Memory hookLight blue with a black stripe (white-edged) across the middle. Botswana: blue for rain, black-and-white for harmony.
Burkina Faso
Memory hookRed over green with a yellow star in the middle. Burkina Faso (Ghana's colours, simplified).
Burundi
Memory hookA white X dividing red and green, with three red stars in a white center circle. Burundi.
Cabo Verde
Memory hookBlue with a ring of ten yellow stars over a white-red-white band. Cabo Verde, ten stars for ten islands.
Cameroon
Memory hookGreen, red, yellow vertical bands with a single yellow star in the middle. Cameroon.
Central African Republic
Memory hookFour bands (blue, white, green, yellow) split by a red vertical stripe, with a yellow star at the hoist. Central African Republic.
Chad
Memory hookBlue, yellow, red vertical bands. Chad (almost identical to Romania, just a deeper blue).
Comoros
Memory hookFour colour stripes with a green triangle, a white crescent and four stars at the hoist. Comoros.
Djibouti
Memory hookLight blue over green with a white triangle and a red star at the hoist. Djibouti.
DR Congo
Memory hookSky blue with a red diagonal stripe (yellow-edged) and a yellow star top-left. DR Congo (the big one).
Egypt
Memory hookRed, white, black bands with a golden eagle in the center. Egypt (the red-white-black flag with an eagle).
Equatorial Guinea
Memory hookGreen, white, red bands with a blue triangle at the hoist and a silk-cotton tree crest. Equatorial Guinea.
Eritrea
Memory hookA red triangle pointing right with a gold olive emblem, between green (top) and blue (bottom). Eritrea.
Eswatini
Memory hookBlue and red bands with a big black-and-white Nguni shield and spears across the middle. Eswatini.
Ethiopia
Memory hookGreen, yellow, red bands with a blue circle and a gold star in the middle. Ethiopia, the original pan-African colours.
Gabon
Memory hookGreen, yellow, blue horizontal bands. Gabon: forest, sun, sea.
Gambia
Memory hookRed, blue and green bands separated by thin white lines. Gambia: the blue is the river running through it.
Ghana
Memory hookRed, yellow, green bands with a black star in the middle. Ghana, the Black Star.
Guinea
Memory hookRed, yellow, green vertical bands. Guinea (Mali mirrored: Mali starts green, Guinea starts red).
Guinea-Bissau
Memory hookA red hoist stripe with a black star, then yellow over green. Guinea-Bissau (Ghana's colours rearranged).
Ivory Coast
Memory hookOrange, white, green vertical bands. Ivory Coast (Ireland flipped, orange on the left).
Kenya
Memory hookBlack, red, green bands with a Maasai shield and crossed spears in the center. Kenya.
Lesotho
Memory hookBlue, white, green bands with a black hat in the middle. Lesotho, the only flag with a hat.
Liberia
Memory hookEleven red and white stripes with one white star on blue. Liberia (the US flag with a single star).
Libya
Memory hookRed, black, green bands (black widest) with a white crescent and star. Libya.
Madagascar
Memory hookA white vertical stripe at the hoist, then red over green. Madagascar.
Malawi
Memory hookBlack, red, green bands with a rising red sun in the top band. Malawi.
Mali
Memory hookGreen, yellow, red vertical bands. Mali (Guinea mirrored: Mali starts green).
Mauritania
Memory hookGreen with a gold crescent and star, framed by red stripes top and bottom. Mauritania.
Mauritius
Memory hookFour horizontal bands: red, blue, yellow, green. Mauritius, the only flag with four equal stripes.
Morocco
Memory hookRed with a green five-pointed star outline in the center. Morocco.
Mozambique
Memory hookGreen, black, yellow bands with a red triangle and an AK-47 over a book. Mozambique, the only flag with a modern rifle.
Namibia
Memory hookA bold red diagonal stripe, a blue upper corner with a golden sun, and a green lower corner. Namibia.
Niger
Memory hookOrange, white, green bands with an orange circle in the middle. Niger (India's layout with a sun for a wheel).
Nigeria
Memory hookGreen, white, green vertical bands. Nigeria: green fields around a white center.
Republic of the Congo
Memory hookA yellow diagonal splitting green (top) and red (bottom). Republic of the Congo (the smaller one).
Rwanda
Memory hookA wide blue band over thin yellow and green, with a golden sun in the top corner. Rwanda.
Sao Tome and Principe
Memory hookGreen and yellow bands with two black stars and a red triangle at the hoist. Sao Tome and Principe, two stars for two islands.
Senegal
Memory hookGreen, yellow, red vertical bands with a green star in the middle. Senegal (Mali's colours plus a star).
Seychelles
Memory hookFive colours fanning out from the bottom-left corner: blue, yellow, red, white, green. Seychelles.
Sierra Leone
Memory hookGreen, white, blue horizontal bands. Sierra Leone: green hills, white peace, blue sea.
Somalia
Memory hookLight blue with one white five-pointed star. Somalia, the 'UN blue' with a lone star.
South Africa
Memory hookA green Y on its side joining red, blue, black, white and gold. South Africa, the six-colour rainbow flag.
South Sudan
Memory hookBlack, red, green bands with a blue triangle and a gold star at the hoist. South Sudan (Kenya's bands plus a star).
Sudan
Memory hookRed, white, black bands with a green triangle at the hoist. Sudan (Jordan's cousin, without the star).
Tanzania
Memory hookA black diagonal (gold-edged) with a green upper corner and a blue lower corner. Tanzania.
Togo
Memory hookFive green and yellow stripes with a white star on a red square at the hoist. Togo (Liberia's layout in pan-African colours).
Tunisia
Memory hookRed with a white circle holding a red crescent and star. Tunisia (Turkey's design tucked inside a circle).
Uganda
Memory hookSix black, yellow and red stripes with a grey crested crane in a white circle. Uganda, the crane flag.
Zambia
Memory hookGreen with an orange eagle and a red-black-orange block in the bottom-right corner. Zambia (the design sits on the right).
Zimbabwe
Memory hookStriped green, yellow, red and black with a white triangle, a red star and a soapstone bird at the hoist. Zimbabwe.