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African country’s correspondence with Liberal forwarded (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mali

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'african country's' is the definition.
(country in Africa)

'correspondence with liberal forwarded' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'liberal' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mai' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mali that I've seen before include "Timbuktu is in this landlocked country" , "West African country, capital Bamako" , "part of Africa" , "African country, former French colony" , "A state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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