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Church promotion for African country (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chad

'african country' is the definition.
(Chad is an example)

'church promotion' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'promotion' becomes 'ad' (ad is a kind of promotion).
'ch'+'ad'='CHAD'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for chad that I've seen before include "Feature of controversial election once" , "N central African country" , "African country and lake" , "Landlocked desert country of northern central Africa, formerly a French colony" , "Large, shallow lake in north central Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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