💭 Germany’s National Public Television. ‘ZDF’ Africa correspondent, Timm Kröger, reports directly from Mekelle, Axum, and Shire. Clips from @ZDFheute news report shows a portion of mass graves from the Axum massacre and IDPs who are living in cramped and terrible conditions in Shire. He randomly interviews people in Axum who confirmed the massacre as as reported by Amnesty International.
💭 A Danish TV crew’s live broadcast in Qatar was interrupted by security staff who threatened to break their camera over claims they did not have a permit.
TV2 reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was reporting live from a street in Doha ahead of the FIFA World Cup when he was stopped by officials late on Tuesday.
Three men in traditional dress pulled up behind the news anchor in an electric cart and tried to block the camera lens.
Mr Tantholdt was heard saying in English: “You invited the whole world to come here, why can’t we film? It’s a public place.”
After showing them his press accreditation, he added: “You can break the camera, you want to break it? You are threatening us by smashing the camera?”
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has since apologised.
They said the journalists were “mistakenly interrupted”.
“Upon inspection of the crew’s valid tournament accreditation and filming permit, an apology was made to the broadcaster by on-site security before the crew resumed their activity,” a statement said.
Tournament bosses also said they spoke to Mr Tantholdt and “issued an advisory to all entities to respect the filming permits in place for the tournament”.
❖ Ethiopia’s Ancient Monastery That Canadian Television (CTV) Visited Was ‘Looted & Bombed’ 😈
Back in 2015 the Canadian Crew was there not only for adventure, but somehow also to live and witness the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo faith, to discover the central element of Orthodox Christian belief and theology — The Love of Christ, The Love of Jesus Christ for humanity, The Love of Christians for Jesus Christ, and The Love of Christians for others. These aspects are distinct in Orthodox Christian teachings—the love for Christ is a reflection of his love for all. That’s what these Canadian Television crew members got climbing on a rope to reach the top of Mount Zion where this marvelous 6th century Debre Damo / St. Abuna Aregewi Monastery is located.
This made the devil mad. We know Satan hates love, and gets angry when good things happen – so a coalition Army of Satan consisting of the Gog/Magog armies of the Muslim-Protestant Oromo Abiy Ahmed Ali (ENDF), Eritrean Army (EDF), Amhara Militias, Somali Soldiers and army of drones from the United Arab Emirates decided to blow up this 6th-century Christian Monastery – one of the oldest Orthodox Christian Monasteries. We still don’t know regarding loss and damage. Until today, medias and teams who try to investigate the bombardment of the Monastery were denied entry. But, in this Jihad some Monks were killed and injured.