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Country doing no harm deposing government (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benin

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Benin is or was a African country)

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(Other definitions for benin that I've seen before include "Old West African kingdom from which 'bronze' sculptures were looted by the British in 1897" , "Republic in West Africa" , "City formerly known as Dahomey" , "part of Africa" , "Country W. of Nigeria" .)

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