US cleric arrested in Rwanda

Rwandan police have arrested a controversial US pastor who was planning to conduct a news conference in Kigali. Police said evangelist Gregg Schoof was arrested for holding an ‘illegal meeting'. Schoof has criticised the government for shutting down his Amazing Grace radio station and church. BBC News reports that the station was banned last year after it broadcast a sermon that described women as ‘evil’. And the church was one of hundreds which were barricaded for ’noise pollution’ and failing to comply with building regulations. ‘He was arrested for holding an illegal meeting with journalists in a public space. It is illegal to hold meetings in public spaces without authorisation,’ said police spokesperson John Bosco Kabera.