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Cape Verde

by mark sensen

A new flag was adopted on 22-SEP-1992, when Cape Verde finally severed its links with Guinea-Bissau. The new flag has 10 stars representing the islands, set in a blue sea. Prior to 1992, the similarity between the two nations' flags was explained by the fact that both were derived from the flag of the Partido Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC), the liberation movement which succeeded in gaining independence for both countries (Guinea-Bissau in 1974, Cape Verde in 1975). PAIGC's aim had been that the two nations should unite, but this merger was scotched in 1980 by a military coup in Guinea-Bissau. From "Identifying Flags" by Eve Devereux, published in 1994.
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