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Leaders of urban guerrillas joined with head of army in African country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uganda

'african country' is the definition.
(Uganda is an example)

'leaders of urban guerrillas joined with head of army' is the wordplay.
'leaders of' says to take the initial letters.
'joined' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'with' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before**).
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'urban guerrillas' is 'ug'.
The first letter of 'army' is 'a'.
'ug'+'and'+'a'='UGANDA'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for uganda that I've seen before include "African country once ruled by Idi Amin, capital Kampala" , "East African country, capital Kampala" , "Country bordering Lake Victoria" , "Country W. of Kenya" , "Kampala's nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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