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The actual local flag now of Moheli in the Comoros under the
new Union constitution is the same yellow-red flag used during the
brief secessionst period.
Ben Cahoon, 01 Mar 2006
The official
website confims the yellow-red flag.
Dov Gutterman, 13 Jul 2005
Also shown as «Flag of MWALI» at
this page.
Gvido Petersons, 04 Apr 2003
In the (trustworthy?)
site
of a French-speaking journalists’ association, I found
confirmation for this. (We’re now left to find out whatever
happend to the black and yellow flag with white crescent and
star, and to the yellow flag with red star.)
The color yellow is still “Mwali’s color”, as reflected
by the four stripes of the national flag.
António Martins, 26 Mar 2006
I am just coming back from Moheli island, and I can tell you that the
yellow and black flag displayed on many websites is false:
I can swear that the flag was yellow with red star.
Eric Milan, 04 Dec 2003
There is no Moheli flag anywhere on public buildings in Moheli; I found only 3 flags on the whole island:
Hand sewn (incorrect) flag in the office of the MAMWE (Electricity and
Water Company) Director (star with 4 branches instead of 5).
I saw it at the director’s desk,
a hand made flag of Moheli. But he admitted that his wife forgot a branch
of the star when sewing this flag.
Eric Milan, 04 Dec 2003
There is an official photo of 2002-2007
island President Fazul with the (new) national flag and
a dark yellow flag with white crescent and star facing the hoist (the flag
draped in such a way that a black hoist stripe would not be visible). This flag
is still the one shown as the Moheli flag in several versions of Wikipedia:
English and
French (which it is
not an authoritative source, as the
official
government webpage, but surely Comorian Wikipedia visitors would change the
image or at least warn the editors about it…?)
António Martins, 24 Feb 2008
According my references, the flag is vertical dark and yellow (dark
about 1/4 of the flag) probably black and yellow. Some info appear in
Flag Report 36 [frp].
Jaume Ollé, 06 Aug 2003
Apparently, the island constitution of Mwali (Moheli) says nothing about
flags; no “drapeau” nor “emblème” in
this
page.
António Martins, 02 Apr 2003
It seems that the self-proclaimed Democratic Republic of Mwali lasted
only from 11 to 28 August 1997.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
Country: Moheli Island, Archipelago of Comoros
Status: Self-proclamated independent state (unrecognized)
Date: 1997.08.11-?
Usage: Unofficial “national” flag
Ratio: 3:2
Source: Franciae Vexilla 6/52 (1997.09)
[frv]
Accuracy: High
Ivan Sache, 13 Oct 1997
Moheli is taking the same path as Anjouan. The
French flag was attempted raised for the French national
day 14 June and today, 6 August, NANDO Times reported that «The
separatists in Fomboni, the main town on Moheli, also hoisted the
yellow-and-black flag of Queen Fatima
Djoumbe, the last ruler of Moheli before colonization by France.»
As usual, no design details are offered.
Sources:
The flag used by Fatima Djumbe is shown
by Calvarin [clv02]: it was yellow and
red, not yellow and black.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
The flag of Grande Comore can be seen on all
official buildings in Moheli, because the island is also the head of the
union and there is a conflict between the island
and the union governments.
Eric Milan, 04 Dec 2003
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