At a press briefing, President Trump spoke about the Rwanda-Congo peace deal.

We learn how each of the countries adopted the current colours, what the direct influence is, when it happened, what the flags previously used were, as well as the possible connections between them.

Early last year, Benjamin Zalman-Polun and Marcel Malanga sat in a West Jordan restaurant with Malanga’s close friend and described a somber picture of the current state of Congo.

The current Boise city flag. City of Boise Granted, as the city points out, the current flag has been in circulation for 35 years, so maybe it’s time for a redesign. Or maybe not.

AP 10 finalists, plus the current and 2 former flags Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision for a new standard. More than 4,800 did — most of them serious.

In 1970, “Illinois” in block letters was added at the bottom. 10 finalists, plus the current and 2 former flags Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision for a new standard.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB.

The current state flag of Illinois earned 165,602 votes, or 43 percent, in a contest put on by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office. Colleen Hayes, a graphic designer with Champaign-based ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change ...

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received more than 165,000 of the nearly 385,000 votes cast.

Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970 ...

About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the current design. There were 12 other flag choices.