Old place Ghana's leader left (5)

I believe the answer is:

gwent

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'old place' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'ghana's leader left' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'left' becomes 'went' (left can mean went away).
The first letter of 'ghana' is 'g'.
'g'+'went'='GWENT'

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(Other definitions for gwent that I've seen before include "Blaenau - is a Welsh county borough" , "former Welsh county" , "Preserved county of Wales" , "Region of SE Wales" , "part of Wales once" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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