Western Sahara

by mark sensen

When the Spanish pulled out of this territory in 1976, it was partitioned between Morocco, which took the larger part, and Mauritania. Local nationalists of the POLISARIO movement proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on 27 February 1976.
The flag of the SADR follows the pan-Arab colours and is similar to the PLO flag, with the addition of a crescent and star on the white stripe.
POLISARIO was originally closely aligned with the Algerian regime. So it is quite likely that the SADR flag's star and crescent would be like that of the Algerian flag which would certainly be more like the one you describe.
stuart notholt 9-FEB-1996

I vaguely remember a flag for the Spanish possessions in Northern Africa: identically in design to the Moroccan flag, but colours white pentagram on dark green (or was that the flag of the Free City of Tanger ?).
harald mueller 12-FEB-1996