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National may be like this country in Africa (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

somali

'national' is the definition.
(a national of Somalia)

'like this country in africa' is the wordplay.
'like this' becomes 'so'.
'country in africa' becomes 'Mali' (African nation).
'so'+'mali'='SOMALI'

'may be' is the link.

(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Mogadishu" , "From a part of northeast Africa" , "East African national" , "Native of East African state" , "So Liam could be a man from NE Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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