This work was first published in Ghana and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Act, 2005, No. 690, amended 2010 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 70 years have passed since the date of its publication (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
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It is another kind of work, and 70 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
The colours green, yellow and red originated from the Ethiopian flag. Permission was asked from the late Emperor Haille Selassie in if the colours could be used, it was replied yes but as long as the colours were put the other way round as to the Ethiopian flag (green yellow red).