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Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso

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two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red recalls the country’s struggle for independence, green is for hope and abundance, and yellow represents the country’s mineral wealth

note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia

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