Lawmakers in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali regional state have voted to restore a flag that was changed by the erstwhile president Abdi Mohamoud Omar a.k.a. Legislators also voted to officially refer to the region as Somali Regional State (SRS) as against the Ethiopia – Somali regional state. We are Somali Regional State (SRS): no prefix, no suffix. The original flag returns.”Plans to return to the original flag and the name with the “Ethiopia” prefix was reported in August 2018 but today’s parliamentary ratification makes it official. Ethiopia Somali regional state to restore original name and flag, sources say.

Source: Ethiopian News September 07, 2018 12:45 UTC