The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with Pakistan Africa Institute for Development and Research (PAIDAR) ...

The Somali flag was conceived to symbolise the dream of Somali unity: to bring all Somali territories in northeast Africa ...

But the government in Mogadishu, too, longed for “the Greater Somalia” nation, under one national flag, within common borders. The Somali national flag, whose spikes point in five different ...

There is fear that the 2027 presidential focus could lift the lid on Pandora issues that have simmered beneath the surface since 1967 when the irredentist Kenyan Somali Shifta movement was ...

It was a humiliating defeat for politicians in Hargeisa – and a challenge to the idea of Somaliland itself. The flags of Somalia and Somaliland share a common symbol, the five-pointed star.

The flag includes a star and blue coloring, as does Somalia’s national flag, but Somalia’s flag was not an inspiration, its designer says Minnesota's new state flag was officially adopted May 11.

Minnesota did pick a new flag in 2023 but Tim Walz was not involved in the selection process. Any similarities to the Somali flag are unintentional.