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Image by Jaume Ollé, 22 Oct 2000 and resized by António
MARTINS-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2018
This flag (above) was used by the
regional government until 2012 and was a vertical triband of green, white and blue with the regional
emblem in the centre.
Jaume Ollé, 22 Oct 2000
Image by Jaume Ollé, 14 Jan 1997
A light blue over green flag was reported previously used by the Afar people. Similar colours are used by Djibouti and Eritrea.
Jaume Ollé, 29 July 1999
Image by Dirk Schönberger, 01 March 2001
According to "Nations Without States" [xxx00],
Adal is the name of an aspirant
entity composed of the Afar and Saho people in Ethiopia,
Djibouti and
Eritrea. The flag shown in the book for Adal is that of the Afar
Liberation Front, which is different than the Afar flags shown on FOTW.
This flag is a horizontal tricolor of pale blue,
white and green, bearing a five pointed red star.
Ned Smith, 15 February 2001
image by Dirk Schönberger, 01 March 2001
The book also mentions a traditional Afar-Saho flag - a green or black
field with the Shahada in white and a small white crescent moon and
five pointed star in the upper hoist.
Ned Smith, 15 February 2001
Image by Gvido Petersons, August 2003 as shown at http://www.arhotaba.com/arduf.htm