The BBC has announced it will be launching a digital service in
Pidgin and Yoruba in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous state. “Pidgin is a
popular language among young people in Nigeria and across West Africa,”
said Liliane Landor, controller of languages at the World Service. The
BBC will also launch a TV service in Somali, and radio and digital
services for Ethiopia and Eritrea, said BBC Africa editor Solomon
Mugera. Details of which languages the BBC will broadcast in to Ethiopia
and Eritrea will be announced later. The announcement comes after the
UK government agreed to invest around $128m (£85m) a year in enhancing
BBC services around the world.
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