The South African flag is not just one of the most colorful on the continent but also one of the most meaningful. It was officially adopted on April 27, 1994, marking the country’s transition from ...
Raised by firefighters from the smoking wreckage of the World Trade Center, a flag telegraphed both anguish and resolve. Planted atop a mountain on Iwo Jima, another piece of national cloth came to ...
Bamako, early 2022. The French ambassador has just been declared persona non grata. Soldiers from Operation Barkhane are packing up. In the streets of the Malian capital, protest follows protest, ...