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Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique is located in south-eastern Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.
This area of Africa was explored by Vasco da Gama in 1498, and later colonized by Portugal in 1505. Five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with Mozambique's independence in 1975. It became the People's Republic of Mozambique shortly thereafter. As a result of Portuguese departure, a large-scale emigration by white business people soon followed.

A prolonged civil war (1977 – 1992) ensued, and both events severely hindered the country's development. The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) party formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new constitution the following year provided for multiparty elections and a free market economy. A peace agreement between FRELIMO and rebel Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) forces ended the fighting in 1992.

The national flag of Mozambique received its official recognition on May 1, 1983. The Mozambique flag is horizontally divided in four colors green, black, yellow and white. The black stripe is surrounded by two white bands on both the sides. The color green represents agriculture, red stands for the great effort for independence and white symbolizes peace. The color black on the flag of Mozambique represents the African continent. On the raise is located a red triangle and within it is a yellow five-pointed star. On top of the yellow pentagram is an open white book with a hoe and an AK-47 in black. The Mozambique Flag is the first national flag of its kind to have an image of an AK-47 on it.