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by Ahmed Sh. Abdi Dahir, 04 Mar 2008
The following was submitted to www.flagid.org - website that provides for the
registration of flags.
Vertical Tricolor Flag: Green; Red; Green. I kindly request you to include this
flag of the newly established Provincial Regional Autonomy of Somalia (State under Federal Republic of Somalia). Authorities from the three Regions of Southern Somalia,
namely the Gedo Region, Lower Jubba Region, and the Middle Jubba Region are working
towards the unification of these Regions to make one unified Provincial Regional Authority. The Authority
has already been named Jubaland and there is a competition to choose a flag.
I submit the following design for a flag of Jubaland - a vertical tricolour of
green, red and green.
Ahmed Sh. Abdi Dahir, 04 Mar 2008
I am not familiar with situation in Somalia, so I checked Somali pages
on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubaland)
which shows a vertical red and green bicolour with white star. I am not sure
what is the status of the flag.
Ivan Sarajcic, 04 Mar 2008
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by Ivan Sarajcic, 06 Mar 2008
Among the flags of short-living separatist entities in Somalia should be
added that of Jubaland. This is territory in the south of
Somalia, along
Juba (Giubbe) river, with area about 80 000 km2 and more than one million
inhabitants. The capital is Chisimaio. Jubaland was a part of
British East Africa until 1925 when it was ceded to Italy as a compensation for
its help in World War I and subsequently Jubaland became a part of Italian
Somalia. In 1998, one of the Somali warlords, Mohamed Said Hersi Morgan, gained
control over Jubaland and proclaimed an independent republic This was not
recognized by anybody. The flag chosen to represent the independent state was
divided vertically into red and green with a white five-pointed star, in the
same pattern as on the Somali national flag, in center. In 1999, the Juba Valley
Alliance, led by Ahmed Warsame, overthrew Morgan and in the 2001 the Jubaland
republic ceased to exist following a treaty with the Somali provisional
government. (Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubaland).
Jakub Grombíø, 06 Mar 2008
The region has been the site of numerous battles in the ongoing Somali Civil
War and was briefly declared independent in 1998-1999. As of early 2008, the
region is under nominal control of the Somali Transitional Federal Government.
Garry M Borgacci, 05 May 2008
[It cannot be confirmed whether this flag ever existed - Ed].