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River of Africa, Northern Ireland and part of Germany? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

niger

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'river of africa' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'northern ireland and part of germany?' is the wordplay.
'northern ireland' becomes 'NI' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'part of germany?' becomes 'ger' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ni'+'ger'='NIGER'

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(Other definitions for niger that I've seen before include "West African republic" , "Country in interior of N Africa, capital Niarney" , "River of West Africa" , "one flowing through Mali" , "West African river and country" .)

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