Why Did Tigray Forces Take Lalibela?

 Aljazeera English TV ran a three minute segment with me on 5 August 2021 on the capture of Lalibela, a World Heritage Site in Amhara Region, by the Tigray Defense Forces.  

I argued that Lalibela holds little military value for the Tigray Defense Forces.  Its capture was probably an effort to put pressure on Amhara militia and Ethiopian National Defense Forces to return to the Tigrayans the World Heritage Site of Aksum in western Tigray in exchange for withdrawing from Lalibela in Amhara Region.  

Chinese Miners Accused of Exploiting World Heritage Site

 The New Zimbabwe published on 25 July 2021 an article titled "Chinese in Massive Looting of Zimbabwe's Minerals: Chief Chiweshe" by Leopold Munhende.  

A Zimbabwe chief in Mashonaland accused Chinese miners of looting the country's mineral resources and damaging the environment in a World Heritage Site.