Flag of Rwanda
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The new flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001.
The flag has four colours: blue, green, and two forms of yellow (standard yellow for the middle band and what the Pantone system calls "sun yellow" for the sun); the difference between the two yellows is barely noticeable.
In common with the flag of Ethiopia, the colours green, yellow and blue represent peace, the nation's hope for future development, and the people. The sun device is relatively unusual on a national flag, but Kiribati, Argentina and Japan, among others, also feature this device (although Japan's is much simpler, consisting of a simple red circle.)
[edit] Previous flag
Rwanda's previous flag was a red-yellow-green tricolour with a large letter 'R' to distinguish it from the otherwise identical Flag of Guinea. The flag was changed because it had become associated with the brutality of the Rwandan Genocide [1].
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