Cycling around African country's capital city (4)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

MALI (African country) when ‘cycling around’ becomes LIMA. There were some comments and doubts expressed about  ‘cycling’ clues last week so it may be worth posting again the advice on how to approach  them as suggested here by Shabbo earlier this year. I have found it very helpful:  When you see “cycling”, write the letters of the word in a circle and then start from each letter in turn travelling clockwise until you find the solution. This illustrates how to get from MALI to LIMA in today’s simple 4-letter example. I’ve inserted a line to indicate the new starting point:   There’s a somewhat trickier variation on the ‘cycling’ device in a clue in today’s QC by Izetti. My comment there refers. For the TfTT Glossary entry on Cycling clues click here.