Niger

About the flag

The correct answer is Niger. Its horizontal orange-white-green tricolor with an orange sun disk reflects the country: orange for the Sahara in the north, white for purity, and green for the fertile south along the Niger River. The central disk symbolizes the scorching Sahel sun and the nation’s independence (the flag was adopted in 1959, just before independence from France in 1960). To tell it apart: Tanzania has a black diagonal band across green and blue; Seychelles uses sweeping multicolored rays; Equatorial Guinea includes a coat of arms. Memory tip: think “Niger = desert sun + Niger River”—an orange sun centered over green land.