The Somali flag is an ethnic flag conceived to represent ethnic Somalis. It was created in <answer>1954</answer> by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the labour trade union of the Trust Territory of Somalia to come up with a design. Upon independence in 1960, the flag was adopted as the national flag of the nascent Somali Republic. The five-pointed Star of Unity in the flag's center represents the Somali ethnic group inhabiting the five territories in Greater Somalia.
In what year was the Somali flag invented?
1954