Country in West Africa, lake also mentioned initially turning up? (6)
I believe the answer is:
malawi
'country' is the definition.
(I know that Malawi is a country)
'in west africa lake also mentioned initially turning up?' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'turning up?' says the letters should be written backwards.
The first letters of 'in west africa lake also mentioned' is 'iwalam'.
'iwalam' reversed gives 'MALAWI'.
(Other definitions for malawi that I've seen before include "A law I'm making up in Southern Africa" , "Landlocked African state" , "Republic" , "Country W. of Lake Nyasa" , "It was called Nyasaland" .)