You see them a lot in West Africa, and those are based on the Ethiopian flag. Green, red, white and black are the four colors of Islam, so you see those a lot in Northern Africa.” How many ...

The Pan-African flag is red, which stands for blood; black, which stands for culture; and green, which stands for the land or natural fertility of Africa. It was adopted back in 1920 to symbolize ...

Russia has quietly been distributing its own flags throughout West Africa, where they are now considered “so cool.” By Elian Peltier Reporting from Niamey, Niger Young people in West African ...