Rwandan leader a hit in African capital (5)
I believe the answer is:
rabat
'african capital' is the definition.
(Moroccan capital)
'rwandan leader a hit' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'hit' becomes 'bat' (batting is a kind of hitting**).
The first letter of 'rwandan' is 'r'.
'r'+'a'+'bat'='RABAT'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for rabat that I've seen before include "Capital of Morocco" , "Moroccan capital" , "capital city" , "N African city" , "North African capital" .)