Malawi Flag

How to identify it

Black, red and green horizontal bands with a rising red sun and its rays in the centre of the black band at the top.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The 1964 independence flag was replaced in 2010 but restored by Parliament in May 2012.

History of the design

The restored version has a red rising half-sun on the black band, not the full white sun used from 2010 to 2012.

Similar flags

Compare the details that separate these designs.

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  Kenya

  Kenya has a central shield and crossed spears plus thin white separators; Malawi instead places a red rising sun on its black top band.

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