Kingdom of Lesotho, 2006
At midnight on 3 October 2006 a new National flag was introduced, celebrating 40 years of independence. It was decided to drop the design which displayed weapons (adopted after a military coup). The new flag has three horizontal stripes of blue, white and green in proportions 3:4:3, with a Black “Mokorotlo”, the Basotho Hat, centered on the white panel.