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All the letters sent back to this country in Africa (5)

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I believe the answer is:

zaire

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This could be a double definition.

'all the letters sent back to this country' is the first definition.
'Zaire' can be an answer for 'country' (Zaire is an example). I'm unsure of the remainder of the definition.

'in africa' is the second definition.
('Zaire' is part of 'africa')

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(Other definitions for zaire that I've seen before include "renamed African area" , "Country, formerly" , "Until 1997 the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" , "Previous name of Congo" , "Previous name of African state, achieved independence from Belgium in 1960" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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