Alternative room given to cold commanding officer from African country (7)
I believe the answer is:
morocco
'african country' is the definition.
(country in Africa)
'alternative room given to cold commanding officer' is the wordplay.
'alternative' indicates anagramming the letters.
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'commanding officer' becomes 'co'.
'room' with letters rearranged gives 'moro'.
'moro'+'c'+'co'='MOROCCO'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for morocco that I've seen before include "Rabat its capital" , "North African country - leather" , "Book's covering, perhaps" , "Arab state" , "state of Africa" .)