Country cousin initially tricked (4)
I believe the answer is:
chad
'country' is the definition.
(I know that Chad is or was a African country)
'cousin initially tricked' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'tricked' becomes 'had' (to have someone can mean to trick them).
The initial letter of 'cousin' is 'c'.
'c'+'had'='CHAD'
(Other definitions for chad that I've seen before include "hanging has helped elect president?" , "African republic; punched bits" , "Country - which got Bush elected in Florida?" , "Large, shallow lake in north central Africa" , "African country south of Libya" .)