The five-pointed star is a symbol of freedom and stands for the five areas in which Somalis live. In addition to the former Italian and British colonies of Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, which today form the country of Somalia, these are also the former province of Ogaden in Ethiopia, the northern border district of Kenya and Djibouti.
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