Qeerroo

Qeerroo
Also known asOromo National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy (NYMFD)
LeaderJawar Mohammed
FoundationApril 2011
Country
AllegiancePolitical allies:
IdeologyOromo nationalism
StatusActive
Websiteqeerroo.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]

  1. ^ "I did it for Oromo: Jawar Mohammed explains decision to join Ethiopia opposition party". africanews.com.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian-gardner-march-182 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Qeerroo". qeerroo.org. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-10-31.