List of Nigerien flags explained

List of Nigerien flags should not be confused with List of Nigerian flags.

This is a list of flags used in Niger.

Ethnic Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
? - Today A white field with a Dagin Arewa in the center. Used unofficially to represent the Hausa people.[1]
? - Today a horizontal triband of blue, yellow and green with a yellow star in the green band.[2] [3]
? - Today a horizontal bicolor of yellow and blue with a black star in the center.[4]
? - Today A horizontal bicolour of yellow and black divided with 2 lines of red and blue and a black star in the center of the yellow stripe.

Military Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1961 - Today Flag of the Niger Armed Forces (Obverse) A horizontal triband of orange, white and green; charged with an orange circle in the centre, 4 suns with wheat, a golden border, the name of the country and the motto: “Fraternite, Progres, Travail”.[5]
1961 - Today Flag of the Niger Armed Forces (Reverse) A horizontal triband of orange, white and green; charged with an orange circle in the centre, 4 suns with wheat, a golden border and the name of the armed forces.
1962 - Today a vertical bicolor of green and Orange with a White border, a White sun with wheat and the name of The National Gendarmerie.[6]
1999 - Today a diagonal triband of Orange, White and green with a Orange sun with yellow rays in the center, a goloden border and the name of The National Police.[7]

Historical Flags

Kanem–Bornu Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
700 - 1380 Flag of the Kanem Empire A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center.
1380 - 1890 Flag of the Bornu Empire A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center.

French Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1890 - 1940
1944 - 1959
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1940 - 1942 A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.
1943 - 1944 A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the red Cross of Lorraine.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnic minorities . 2024-05-13 . eh.lenin.ru.
  2. Web site: Ethnic minorities . 2024-05-13 . eh.lenin.ru.
  3. Web site: The Kanuri People . 2024-05-13 . www.crwflags.com.
  4. Web site: Issa . Abba . Tchad : la culture Toubou célébrée au Ouaddaï . 2024-05-13 . Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International . fr.
  5. Web site: Forces Armes Nigriennes, Niger . 2024-05-13 . www.fotw.info.
  6. Web site: Gendarmerie Nationale Nigerinnes, Niger . 2024-05-13 . www.crwflags.com.
  7. Web site: Police Nationale, Niger . 2024-05-13 . www.crwflags.com.
  8. Web site: Free French flag Royal Museums Greenwich . 2024-05-13 . www.rmg.co.uk.