Five African nations that changed flags since 2000 Flags serve as potent symbols of national identity, representing the values, history, and aspirations of a country.

The first African state to adopt a red, gold and green flag upon independence was Ghana in 1957.

A casual glance at the flags of Africa, makes it seem as if dozens of her countries hired a single, lazy designer who, instead of coming up with a bespoke flag for each nation, simply arranged the ...

Black History Month: What is the Pan-African flag and what does it represent? Pan-Africanists wanted one African nation where all people with roots in Africa could live, according to Britannica.

The Cooma-Monaro Shire Mayor defends a decision to continue flying an apartheid-era South African flag at Cooma's Avenue of Flags.

Both the Union Jack and the new South African flag are the official national flags. In English-speaking parts of the Union, they may be flown together; in Dutch-speaking parts, they may be flown ...

South African expats have called on a regional New South Wales council to update a flag on display from the apartheid era in time for Nelson Mandela's birthday.

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

Some of these countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, São Tomé e Príncipe and Togo.

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

"You have to go,” said the killer. That's the message that has historically been delivered to African-Americans by the Confederate flag.

Two sisters brought the idea of raising the African American flag for Black History Month to Mayor Robert Sullivan's office.