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Country with troubled reign (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

niger

'country' is the definition.
(African country)

'troubled reign' is the wordplay.
'troubled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'reign' anagrammed gives 'NIGER'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for niger that I've seen before include "African river flowing into the South Atlantic" , "West African republic" , "Landlocked W African republic" , "W. African country" , "River, Africa's largest delta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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