The African country's flag with five alternating green and yellow stripes and a red canton bearing a white star is Togo.
Togo adopted the flag on 27 April 1960, the day it proclaimed independence from France. Togolese artist Paul Ahyi designed it. Its five stripes represent Togo's five regions, while the green, yellow, and red colors belong to the wider Pan-African color tradition.
The symbols also carry national meanings: green is associated with forests, agriculture, and hope; yellow with natural resources, faith, and maturity; and red with the blood shed during the independence struggle. The white star represents peace, intelligence, and light.
A common mix-up is Ghana's flag, which also uses Pan-African colors and a star. Ghana, however, has three broad horizontal stripes and a single black star centered on the yellow stripe. Togo's distinctive combination is the five narrow stripes plus the upper-left red square and white star.