Oromia: BBC Afaan Oromoo: BBC’n Afaan Oromootiini tamsaasu bara haaraa 2017 eggalee akka calqabu ifa godhee jira. Afaan Oromoo is one of the 11 world Languages of BBC ‘s new radio-broadcasts. The first new services are expected to launch in 2017 November 16, 2016
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Gammachuu: BBC’n Afaan Oromoo akka calqabu ifa godhee jira.
The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of its biggest expansion “since the 1940s”, the corporation has announced.
The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by the UK government last year.
The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba.
The first new services are expected to launch in 2017.
African languages:
- Afaan Oromo: Language of Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group
- Amharic: Ethiopia’s official language
- Tigrinya: The main working language of Eritrea, along with Arabic. Also spoken in Ethiopia
- Igbo: An official Nigerian language. Also spoken in Equatorial Guinea
- Yoruba: Spoken in south-western Nigeria and some other parts of West Africa, especially Benin and Togo
- Pidgin: A creole version of English widely spoken in southern Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
Pidgin – West African lingua franca
Asian languages:
- Gujarati: Native to the Indian state of Gujarat but found around the Indian subcontinent and the world
- Marathi: From the Indian state of Maharashtra, including India’s commercial capital Mumbai
- Telugu: Huge numbers of speakers, like many Indian languages, primarily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- Punjabi: One of the world’s most populous languages, it is widely-spoken in Pakistan and parts of India
- Korean: Spoken in North and South though the dialects have diverged. Pop culture slang and foreign loan words are notably more common in the South
“This is a historic day for the BBC, as we announce the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s,” said BBC director general Tony Hall.
“The BBC World Service is a jewel in the crown – for the BBC and for Britain.
“As we move towards our centenary, my vision is of a confident, outward-looking BBC which brings the best of our independent, impartial journalism and world-class entertainment to half a billion people around the world.
“Today is a key step towards that aim.”
‘Relevant as ever’
The plans include the expansion of digital services to offer more mobile and video content and a greater social media presence.
On Wednesday the BBC launches a full digital service in Thai, following the success of a Facebook-only “pop-up” service launched in 2014.
Other expansion plans include:
- extended news bulletins in Russian, with regionalised versions for surrounding countries
- enhanced television services across Africa, including more then 30 new TV programmes for partner broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa
- new regional programming from BBC Arabic
- short-wave and medium-wave radio programmes aimed at audiences in the Korean peninsula, plus online and social media content
- investment in World Service English, with new programmes, more original journalism, and a broader agenda
Oromia: Two very popular Oromo music artists, Teferi Mekonen and Nafisaa Abdulhakim have been kidnapped by fascist Ethiopia’s regime forces and are being tortured November 16, 2016
Posted by OromianEconomist in Uncategorized.Tags: Africa, cultural genocide, Ethiopia, Genocide, Genocide Against Oromo People, Human rights, Human rights violations, Nafisaa Abdulhakim, Oromia, Oromo, Oromo artists are in danger, Teferi Mekonen
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Free our lovely singer artists. Free Teferi Mekonen. Free Nafisaa Abdulhakim.
Artist Teferi Mekonen was kidnaped on 15 November 2016. Since then his where about is unknown.
Wallisaa jalatama fi kabajama kan tahe Tafari Mokonnin guyyaa har’a, Sadasaa 15 bara 2016 humnaa nama nyaata wayyaaneettin ukkafamun isaa beekame.
Artist Nafisaa Abdulhakim was bitten and arrested on 12 November 2016 from her home in midnight in Burayyuu town, Oromia. She is being tortured at the hands of cruel fascist Ethiopia’s TPLF Agazi forces. Both Artist Teferi Mekonen and Nafisaa Abdulhakim are open to the same dangers as other Oromo nationals in TPLF’s torture chambers.
Wallistuun Oromoo jallatamtuu fi beekamtuunNafiisaa Abdulhakiim humnoota tikaa fashistii wayyaaneetiin ukkaamfamte. Mana jireenyaa ishii Buraayuu irraa Sadaasa 12 bara 2016 butanii wayita ammaa mana hidhaa hinbeekamne keessatti hiraarfamaa jirti.
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