The flag is the official flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, who claim sovereignty over the geographical region of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in North Africa; however, the flag does not have any official status in the region.
The flag is the official flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was proclaimed in 1976 by the Polisario Front, a national liberation movement of the Sahrawi people. The Republic claims sovereignty over the geographical region of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in North Africa; however, the flag does not have any official status in the region.