North African republic (7)
I believe the answer is:
tunisia
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">north african republic</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tunisia that I've seen before include "Country which contains the site of Carthage" , "Somewhere in North Africa" , "African republic on the Mediterranean coast" , "N African country in which ancient Carthage lies" , "Republic in northwestern Africa" .)