Left European peninsula for African country (7)
I believe the answer is:
liberia
'african country' is the definition.
(Liberia is an example)
'left european peninsula' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'european peninsula' becomes 'iberia' (I've seen this before).
'l'+'iberia'='LIBERIA'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for liberia that I've seen before include "West African country, capital Monrovia" , "Africa's oldest independent country" , "part of Africa" , "West African nation" , "Hot country" .)