(Ecofin Agency) - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) just announced the launch of three news website covering solely Ethiopia and Eritrea, all three in local dialects. The languages which are spoken not only in Ethiopia and Eritrea but in the whole African Horn, are Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya.

“We know that there is a great deal of hunger for audiences in Ethiopia and Eritrea to access a broad range of high quality content in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya”, Will Ross, Editorial Lead for Africa. He adds that in few weeks, progammes in the three local dialects will be aired on the BBC radio station.

Boosting the BBC’s operation in the Horn of Africa will also provide the rest of the BBC’s global audience with a better understanding of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the media said.

It should be recalled that BBC recently launched a pidgin website in Nigeria. 

Servan Ahougnon