Flag of Malawi

Republic of Malawi

Use	National flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	6 July 1964 (re-adopted on 28 May 2012)
Design	A horizontal triband of black, red, and green; charged with a red rising sun with 31 rays centred on the black stripe

The flag of Malawi (Chichewa: mbendera ya Malaŵi) was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi.