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,".

[6] The Qeerroo, also known as the Qubee generation,[7] "first emerged in 1991 with the participation of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in the transitional government of Ethiopia.

[9] Jawar Mohammed, a Qeerroo,[10] played a key role in founding the ONYMFD.

[11][12][13] They staged nationwide protest rallies in July 2020 following the assassination of Oromo singer, Hacaaluu Hundeessaa.