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Capital of a country in Africa British wanted back (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bogota

'capital' is the definition.
(Bogota is an example)

'a country in africa british wanted back' is the wordplay.
'country in africa' becomes 'Togo' (African nation).
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'wanted back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'togo'+'b'='atogob'
'atogob' in reverse letter order is 'BOGOTA'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bogota that I've seen before include "Colombian city" , "Submissive" , "South American city" , "Colombian capital" , "Andean city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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