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African country, accordingly at the forefront (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

somali

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'african' is the definition.
(Somali is an example)

'country accordingly at the forefront' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'country' could be 'mali' (Mali is an example) and 'mali' is located in the answer.
'accordingly' could be 'so' (both can mean 'therefore', or 'as a result') and 'so' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Mogadishu" , "East African national" , "From a part of northeast Africa" , "North-east African" , "Native of East African state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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