The flag is a horizontal tricolor, with green, white and red stripes and a blue triangle at the hoist.

The modified national motto Trabajo (work), and Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Unity, Peace, Justice) was written in two stripes.

Above the shield is an arc of 6 six-pointed yellow stars, that represent Rio Muni and the offshore islands.

Beneath the shield is a silver scroll with the national motto, Unidad, Paz, Justicia ("Unity, Peace, Justice").

[4] It is considered that under a silk-cotton tree a treaty was signed between Spain and a local ruler that marked the beginning of the colonial rule.