Oromo National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy (NYMFD)
Leader
Oromo Liberation Front,
Foundation
April 2011
Country
Ethiopia
United States
Australia
Allegiance
Political allies:
Oromo Liberation Front
Oromo Federalist Congress[1]
Ideology
Oromo nationalism
Status
Active
Website
qeerroo.org
Ethiopia's National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, popularly known as Qeerroo, is a social movement organized with ideology of Oromo nationalism in Ethiopia.[2] In traditional Oromo culture the term means "bachelor" or youth[3][4] but within the political movement that shares the same name, it symbolizes the Oromo struggle for increased political freedom, greater ethnic representation in government, "... an entire generation of newly assertive Ethiopian youth,".[5]
Qeerroo street named to remember its struggle in Asella. The government renamed the street while celebrating the 2019 Irreecha festival in Arsi
The BBC has described Qeerroo as being Ethiopia's National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy,[2] which calls itself Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo.[6]
^"I did it for Oromo: Jawar Mohammed explains decision to join Ethiopia opposition party". africanews.com.
^ ab"How did US and Ethiopia become so close?". BBC News. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-31 – via bbc.co.uk.
^"Violence during Ethiopian protests was ethnically and religiously tinged, say eyewitnesses". Reuters. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-31 – via reuters.com.
^"Ethiopia: Youth gather at Jawar Mohammed's house to show support". Al Jazeera. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-31 – via aljazeera.com.
^Cite error: The named reference guardian-gardner-march-182 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Qeerroo". qeerroo.org. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, popularly known as Qeerroo, is a social movement organized with ideology of Oromo nationalism in Ethiopia...
immediate attention among the Qeerroo who are active in Ethiopian politics in recent years. The incident occurred as the Qeerroo were organizing themselves...
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OLA (former military wing of the OLF) also known as Shane or Oneg. The Qeerroo youth groups are also accused of collaborating with these groups The Tigrayan...
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Gutama. OMN grew to become an influential voice of the youth, known as Qeerroo, a label which was created in 1990s the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). OMN...
launched a crackdown against Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and insurgency and Qeerroo movement in western and southern Oromia in December 2018. For instance...
of the reforms. An alliance between Fano, an Amhara youth militia and Qeerroo, its Oromo counterpart, played a crucial role in the bringing about the...
"categorical[ly] associat[es]" the Qeerroo with violence. Martha criticised this as hiding the diversity among Qeerroos. Martha sees the Qeeroos and Qarrees...
meetings with government officials who rejected it. 2014–2016 Oromo protests Qeerroo "Ethiopia's 'Master Plan' – good for development, damaging for minorities"...
a Greater Somalia. The Nabad project communicated extensively with the Qeerroos, including Jawar Mohammed, while remaining an independent project. One...
"categorical[ly] associat[es]" the Qeerroo with violence, which Martha criticises as hiding the diversity among Qeerroos. Also according to Martha, Sehin...
of the reforms. An alliance between Fano, an Amhara youth militia and Qeerroo, its Oromo counterpart, played a crucial role in the bringing about the...
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