Flag of South Sudan

The flag of South Sudan was adopted following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. A different version of the flag was previously used as the flag of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. The flag of South Sudan predates the country, as the flag was adopted in 2005, while the country became independent in 2011.

The flag bears similarities with the flags of Sudan and Kenya. It shares the black, white, red, and green of the Sudanese flag (although the colours' symbolism are different), in addition to having a triangle along the hoist. The horizontal black, white, red, and green bands of the current South Sudanese flag share the same design as the Kenyan flag, and the Pan-African symbolism thereof. Another difference between the flags of Sudan and South Sudan is that there is a yellow star inside the blue triangle (like the flag of the Belgian Congo), representing the national unity of South Sudan. Since the flag was adopted, there have been disagreements about whether the star should be tilted to the right slightly or upright, and whether the triangle should be dark blue or sky blue. The dark blue triangle and the fixed stars were used at John Garang's funeral in 2005. Variants of the flag with dark blue triangle, tilted stars, or both were commonly used until 2023, when the government declared the sky blue triangle and upright star as the only accepted version. While no officially standardized colour codes have ever been set by any legal document, on 25 August 2023, the Media Authority…