Why do the Ivory Coast and Ireland have the same flag?

With hundreds of countries across the globe, it's not surprising that there is some overlap in color scheme and design. One of the most confusing and similar flags are the Irish flag and Ivory Coast flag. read more

Ivory Coast and Ireland do not have the same flag, they do have similar flags. 1. Flag of Ivory Coast has Orange as the left most vertical stripe, White in the middle and Green to the right. read more

The flag of Niger, also adopted in 1959 when Niger and Ivory Coast were both members of the Conseil de l'Entente, is a horizontal tricolour of orange, white and green; as with the Ivorian flag, the orange and green are sometimes said to represent the arid north and the more fertile south respectively. read more