As stated, you look for a place in Africa (6)
I believe the answer is:
uganda
'in africa' is the definition.
(I know that Uganda is African country)
'as stated you look for a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (homophones) and 'u' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'place' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for uganda that I've seen before include "part of Africa" , "Landlocked African state" , "Landlocked Afr. country" , "E. African country" , "literally the centre for sugar?" .)