User:Punkmorten/Flag changes in Africa after 1990

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Many African countries changed their flags after 1990.

1 Benin
2 Congo Republic
3 Ethiopia
4 Seychelles
5 Cape Verde
6 Comoros
7 Congo DR
8 Lesotho
9 Namibia
10 Eritrea
11 Rwanda
12 South Africa
13 Proposed changes
- 13.1 Angola
- 13.2 Mozambique

[edit] Benin

1990 - a former People's Republic, a flag with socialist symbolism was during that era. When the People's Republic came to an end, they reverted to the old flag.

[edit] Congo Republic

Template:Country data Congo Republic 1991 - a former People's Republic, a flag with socialist symbolism was during that era. When the People's Republic came to an end, they reverted to the old flag.

[edit] Ethiopia

1991 - a former People's Republic, a flag with socialist symbolism was during that era. When the People's Republic came to an end, they reverted to the old flag. In the case of Ethiopia, a new flag was introduced five years later.

[edit] Seychelles

1996 - the previous flag was closely connected with the Seychelles People's United Party, and was changed as the Second Republic came to an end.

[edit] Cape Verde

1992 - distancing from Guinea-Bissau

[edit] Comoros

2003 - a new flag to reflect its status as a confederation.

[edit] Congo DR

1997 - new flag as the country changed its name from Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imagery from pre-Zaire flags was used both in 1997 and when the country adopted yet another new flag in 2006.

[edit] Lesotho

2006

[edit] Namibia

1990 - the recently independent state adopted its first flag.

[edit] Eritrea

1995 - the recently independent state adopted its first flag.

[edit] Rwanda

2001 - a new flag to distance itself from its violent past

[edit] South Africa

1994 - a new flag to distance itself from its apartheid past

[edit] Proposed changes

[edit] Angola

Propositions to distance itself from the current symbolism.

[edit] Mozambique