Flag of Azawad

Azawad
Use National flag
Proportion Undetermined (above shows 3:5)
Adopted 6 April 2012
Design Horizontal green, red, and black stripes with a yellow triangle at hoist.

The flag of the State of Azawad, an unrecognized state that declared independence from Mali on 6 April 2012, is a horizontal green-red-black tricolour with a yellow triangle at the hoist. It is the same as the flag of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad.

History

During previous Tuareg rebellions two different flags were proposed for Azawad. One was a blue and white horizontal bicolour with a red triangle at the hoist, and the other was a plain white flag with a blue crescent and star.[1]

Previously proposed flag of Azawad by the Tuareg Liberation Front
Previously proposed flag of Azawad (according to James Minahan: Nations Without States)[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Berbers: Armed movements at Flags of the World
  2. ↑ Minahan, James (1996), Nations Without States: A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Greenwood Press, p. 51
  3. ↑ Minahan, James (1996), Nations Without States: A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Greenwood Press, p. 51

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