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It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
Flag Date Use Description 2017–present: Flag of the African Union: The flag of the African Union is a green flag with the dark green map of the African continent on a white sun, surrounded by a circle of 55 5-pointed gold stars.
List of former sovereign states, which were independent and have been subsumed into transnational states like the United Kingdom Gallery of sovereign state flags § Other states , which have declared independence, but whose independence has not been recognised by the majority of the international community
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919. This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons.
Flags of non-sovereign nations may refer to: Flags of formerly independent states , which were independent and have been subsumed into transnational states like North Korea Flags of unrecognized states , which have declared independence, but whose independence has not been recognised by the majority of the international community
A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks. Flag of the United States on the moon during the Apollo 15 moon landing. Flags of the United Kingdom and India are hung during a political meeting. Flag of Palestine prominently displayed on West Bank Wall graffiti art. Hoisted Nordic cross flags flying upon ...
De facto sovereign states lacking general international recognition; Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand without UN membership; By Dependent Territories of other UN member states: Generally this contains non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state. Dependent territories.
See the List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa article for a current list. Great instability was created by graft under leaders in West Africa. [1] Many leaders marginalised ethnic groups and fanned ethnic conflicts (some of which had been exacerbated, or even created, by colonial rule) for political gain.