Ethiopia's National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, popularly known as Qeerroo, is a

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organized with ideology of Oromo nationalism in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. In traditional Oromo culture the term means "bachelor" or youth 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,". Daandii qeerroo (Qeerroo Street)

The

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has described Qeerroo as being Ethiopia's National Youth Movement for Freedom and Democracy, which calls itself Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo.

History

The Qeerroo, also known as the Qubee generation, "first emerged in 1991 with the participation of the

Oromo Liberation Front The Oromo Liberation Front ( om, 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 ...

(OLF) in the transitional government of Ethiopia." Qeerroos also played a key role in the 2016 Oromo Protests.

Jawar Mohammed Jawar Mohammed ( om, Jawaar Mahammad; born 12 May 1986) is an Ethiopian political analyst and activist. One of the founders of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), Jawar was a leading organizer of the 2014–2016 Oromo protests. He has been credited ...

, a Qeerroo, played a key role in founding the NYMFD. The Qeerroo movement inspired many marginalized ethnic to create their own youth movement. Some of youth movements are Ejjetto, Barbaarta and Zarma. Both the Somali youth Barbaarta demand to end Abdi Illey's Presidency and the

Sidama The Sidama ( am, ሲዳማ) are an ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Region, formerly part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. On 23 November 2019, the Sidama Zone became the 10th regional sta ...

youth Ejjatto demand to statehood of

succeeded. They staged nation wide protest rallies in July 2020 following the assassination of Oromo singer, Hacaaluu Hundeessaa.

References

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