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During the period between 1971 and 1997 as Zaire, the flag consisted of a light green fabric with a yellow circle holding a flamed torch. It is one of the few national flags incorporating a diagonal line, with other examples including Tanzania, Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Brunei.
Zaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa , it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria , and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997.
Flag of Party of the People's Revolution: 2006–present: Flag of National Congress for the Defence of the People: The design of this flag resembles the flag of Zaire. 1996–present: Flag of Allied Democratic Forces: 2014–present: Flag of Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated: 2000–present: Flag of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:29, 30 September 2023: 512 × 341 (9 KB): Remikipedia: Reverted to version as of 23:52, 25 August 2023 (UTC) Archival footage, photographs, and other documentation from the period, both in official and unofficial compacities, shows the arm of disc is segmented with the yellow of said disc, not an additial black layer.
The self-proclaimed, New Zaire Government in Exile, which tried to overthrow the Congolese government in May 2024, uses the national flag and anthem of Zaire. The Republic of Molossia, a self-declared micronation, uses the melody of La Zaïroise in its own national anthem, Fair Molossia is our Home. [citation needed]
Mobutu and the MPR pursued a national cultural revival program in Zaire called Authenticité. Beginning in 1967 which sought to purge colonial European culture from Zaire and restore local culture, such as by forbidding Christian names and culture while promoting local African names and culture as well as forbidding western suits and creating a ...
[23] [24] [25] The river was known as Zaire during the 16th and 17th centuries; Congo seems to have replaced Zaire gradually in English usage during the 18th century, and Congo is the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to Zaire as the name used by the natives (i.e., derived from Portuguese usage) remained ...
The flag of Somaliland consists of a horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red, with the black star of Africa located in the centre. On the green stripe, there is the Shahada in white Thuluth script, the flag's colours are taken from the flag of the Somali National Movement. 1975–present: Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic