Ape shot outside Malawi's capital (5)
I believe the answer is:
chimp
'ape' is the definition.
(chimp is a kind of ape)
'shot outside malawi's capital' is the wordplay.
'shot' becomes 'chip' (chip shot is a kind of shot).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'capital' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'malawis' is 'm'.
'chip' going around 'm' is 'CHIMP'.
(Other definitions for chimp that I've seen before include "Anthropoid ape" , "Ape (colloq.)" , "Cheeky primate" , "A great ape (abbr.)" , "Creature" .)