Rain and gales upset Africans (9)

I believe the answer is:

algerians

'africans' is the definition.
(Algerian is an example)

'rain and gales upset' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'rain' after 'gales' is 'galesrain'.
'galesrain' is an anagram of 'ALGERIANS'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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