Province, German territory in Africa (5)
I believe the answer is:
niger
'territory in africa' is the definition.
'Niger' can be an answer for 'territory' (Niger is an example). I'm not sure about the 'in africa' bit.
'province german' is the wordplay.
'province' becomes 'NI' (short for Northern Ireland, a province of the UK).
'german' becomes 'ger' (abbreviation).
'ni'+'ger'='NIGER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for niger that I've seen before include "Land-locked country and river of W Africa" , "African country dominated by the Sahara, until 1969 a French colony" , "River, Africa's largest delta" , "West African republic" , "Landlocked W African republic" .)