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Three New Language Services for the Horn of Africa

Why has the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service launched serves in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya? Plus, a Nigerian student asks why his country’s academic strike was not covered.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service is speeding ahead with its target of launching a further 12 language services by next year - bringing its total to 40. A few weeks ago it launched Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya - spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Listener Tadele Taferra advises the service to be careful in its use of the dialect within Afaan Oromo while launch producer, Mary Morgan reassures us that, although the services are funded by the British Government, they are not pushing any agenda.

And a listener in Nigeria is asking why the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service did not covered a university staff strike which saw ten of thousands of students stuck at home.

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Mon 9 Oct 2017 05:50GMT

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