Muauz Gidey Alemu

“The emergence of forced conscription at this particular moment should not be understood simply as a military recruitment exercise,”

Muauz Gidey Alemu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-25

Gidey said the recruitment should be understood within a broader political and security crisis following the Pretoria Agreement.

“It is better understood as a symptom of the deeper political and security crisis that has developed around the incomplete implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.”

Muauz Gidey Alemu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-25

Gidey said forced conscription is better understood as a symptom of the incomplete implementation of the Pretoria agreement.

“Political insecurity generates military mobilisation; military mobilisation reinforces political insecurity; political insecurity then becomes an argument for further mobilisation,”

Muauz Gidey Alemu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-25

Gidey warned that continued mobilisation could create a cycle in which insecurity fuels military recruitment.

“The present situation demonstrates that Pretoria produced an effective cessation of large-scale warfare but an incomplete peace settlement,”

Muauz Gidey Alemu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-25

Gidey said the Pretoria agreement stopped large-scale fighting but did not resolve all post-war political and security issues.