East African nation (6)
I believe the answer is:
uganda
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">east african nation</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(country of East Africa)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for uganda that I've seen before include "It was Idi Amin's country" , "East African republic" , "somewhere in Africa" , "Kampala's nation" , "A gun ad (anag)" .)