In Africa, small extract from the paper (4)

I believe the answer is:

chad

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'in africa' is the definition.
('Chad' is part of 'africa')

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for chad that I've seen before include "Punched paper; African nation" , "North central African country, capital N'Djamena" , "article put out by Punch?" , "hanging has helped elect president?" , "Piece of (almost?) punched-out paper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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