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- Capital
- Kinshasa
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 2006
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Colors and meaning
Blue #007FFF
Peace and hope
Yellow #F7D618
The country's mineral wealth
Red #CE1021
The blood of the nation's martyrs
Symbolism and history
A single large yellow star sits in the upper hoist of a blue field crossed by a diagonal red stripe edged in yellow, restored in 2006 after the Mobutu-era green flag with a leopard-skin cap emblem was retired.
No documented visual overlap
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Africa, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wikipedia