To foment is to stir up trouble or something undesirable: I don't want to foment any ill feeling. To ferment is to stir up emotions or reactions, not necessarily bad ones: The race fermented considerable excitement among the spectators.
Red, white, and blue recall the French tricolour. Red, yellow, and green are the pan-African colours. Red represents the common blood of mankind which links African and European nations. Effective date: 1 December 1958.