Eastern Africa
Malawi
A horizontal tricolour of black, red and green with a red rising sun centered in the black stripe. It restores the independence-era design first adopted in 1964 after a short-lived 2010 redesign.
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Adopted
2012
Proportion
2:3
Colours
3
Colours & their meaning
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Black
The people of Africa.
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Red
The blood of those who fought for African freedom.
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Green
Malawi’s vegetation and natural wealth.
Symbols & emblems
Rising sun
The dawn of hope and freedom for the African continent.
Did you know?
Malawi briefly used a different flag from 2010 to 2012, with a full white sun centered on a red-black-green tricolour, before returning to the original design.