Benevolent Government in African country (6)
I believe the answer is:
benign
'benevolent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'government in african country' is the wordplay.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'african country' becomes 'benin' (country in Africa).
'g' placed into 'benin' is 'BENIGN'.
(Other definitions for benign that I've seen before include "Kindly or non-malignant" , "Genial, kindly" , "Meaning no harm" , "Liberal" , "Obliging" .)