Flag of the Republic of the Congo
Description
- A yellow diagonal band runs from the lower hoist to the upper fly, dividing green and red triangles
- Uses the Pan-African palette originally adopted at independence from France in 1959
- Readopted on 10 June 1991 after the end of the People's Republic of the Congo's Marxist era
Trivia
- The flag was first hoisted on 18 August 1959, a year before full independence from France
- Between 1970 and 1991 the country flew a red Marxist-Leninist flag with a hammer and hoe emblem
- Brazzaville, the capital, sits directly across the Congo River from Kinshasa in the DRC
Flag of the Republic of the Congo
The flag of the Republic of the Congo has a yellow diagonal band running from the lower hoist to the upper fly, dividing the field into a green triangle at the upper hoist and a red triangle at the lower fly. The Pan-African colours are read as green for the country's forests and agricultural wealth, yellow for friendship and nobility, and red for the struggle for independence.
Originally hoisted on 18 August 1959 under the autonomous republic within the French Community, the flag was dropped in 1970 when Marxist-Leninists renamed the country the People's Republic of the Congo and adopted a red flag with a hammer, hoe and star. The tricolour was restored on 10 June 1991 with the return to multiparty politics.
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