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  2. Oromo language - Wikipedia

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    Afaan Oromo 'Oromo (language)', Afaan Oromootiin 'in Oromo'-dhaan following a long vowel; yeroo 'time', yeroodhaan 'on time' bawuu 'to come out, coming out', bawuudhaan 'by coming out' Locative The locative is used for nouns that represent general locations of events or states, roughly at. For more specific locations, Oromo uses prepositions or ...

  3. BBC World Service - Wikipedia

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    The BBC World Service began on 19 December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service, broadcasting on shortwave and aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire. In his first Christmas Message (1932), King George V characterised the service as intended for "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices ...

  4. Oromo people - Wikipedia

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    The Oromo people ( pron. / ˈɒrəmoʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo ), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [13]

  5. BBC Igbo - Wikipedia

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    BBC Igbo is the Igbo language service of BBC World Service meant primarily for the Igbo-speaking communities in the south-east, South-south of Nigeria and Igbo people in diaspora. [1] [2] It is part of the 12 new language services added to the BBC services and the other languages are Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Yoruba, Korean, Marathi ...

  6. Oromia - Wikipedia

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    Oromia ( Oromo: Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. [3] Under Article 49 of Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The provision of the article maintains special interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa.

  7. Oromo Liberation Front - Wikipedia

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    The Oromo Liberation Front ( Oromo: Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo, abbreviated: ABO; English abbreviation: OLF) is an Oromo nationalist political party formed in 1973 to promote self-determination for the Oromo people inhabiting today's Oromia Region and Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

  8. Oromo conflict - Wikipedia

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    Background. The Oromo people are an ethnic group who predominantly inhabit Oromia in Ethiopia, along with communities in neighboring Kenya and Somalia. They are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa; according to a 2007 census, they make up about 34.5% of Ethiopia's population, and others estimate that they make up about 40% of the population.

  9. List of Oromo-language television channels - Wikipedia

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    TV Amantii Islaamaatiifii Seenaa Oromo: 8 Oromia News Network (ONN) Eutelsat (11178-H-27500-7/8) political 9 Gada News Network (GNN) Eutelsat (10727-H-27500-7/8) news and political 10 New Africa Oromo Eutelsat (11766-H-27500-5/6) news 11 Nuuralhudaa Islamic nuuralhudaa.com [permanent dead link] 12 TV Islaamaa E7WA MENA (11392-V-27500-7/8) Islamic