Angola

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The national flag of Angola is split horizontally into an upper red half and a lower black half.As in some other African countries, this flag is a modification of the ruling party's flag. The red is for the blood spilt by Angolans during their independence struggles, while the black is for the continent of Africa. The symbol in the middle is of a crossed cog wheel (representing workers and industry) and machete (representing the peasantry) with a gold star. It was adopted during a time when Angola had a Marxist government, and thus was supposed to evoke the image of the hammer and sickle found on the flag of the former Soviet Union, a common symbol of Communism and flag is of 2:3 ratio.