The flag of Sudan ( Arabic : ??? ??????? ) was adopted on 20 May 1970. It has a horizontal red - white - black tricolour , with a green triangle at the hoist.

The flag is based on the Arab Liberation Flag received by Egypt , Iraq , Syria , and Yemen , that uses a subset of the Pan-Arab colors in which green is less significant.

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