27岁的格布鲁（Gebru）表示，他和其他年轻人一起被从自己的社区带到了当地政府办公室。他的父母担心自己会被派去参战，于是设法将他救出来。据他所说，最终他们通过支付2万埃塞俄比亚比尔（约合123美元）的现金才成功让他获得了自由。
Gebru, 27, says he was taken from his neighbourhood to a local administration office with other young men. His parents feared he would be sent to fight and searched for a way to get him out. They eventually paid to secure his release, he says.
“我和其他年轻人一起被带到了那个办公室。我的父母通过支付2万埃塞俄比亚比尔，才让我得以获释。”获释后，格布鲁离开了提格雷地区，前往了亚的斯亚贝巴。
“I was taken to the office with other young men. My parents found a way to get me released by paying 20,000 [Ethiopian] birr ($123) in cash.” After he was released, Gebru left Tigray for Addis Ababa.
“我的父母担心如果我继续留在提格雷，可能会再次被抓走。他们让我离开提格雷，保护自己的安全。”格布鲁是那些选择离开提格雷的年轻人之一；他们担心随着埃塞俄比亚北部地区政治和军事紧张局势的加剧，自己可能会被强制征召去参战。
“My parents were afraid that if I stayed, I would be taken again. They told me to leave Tigray and save myself.” Gebru is among young men who say they are leaving Tigray because they fear being forcibly recruited to fight as political and military tensions rise in the northern Ethiopian region.
2022年11月，《比勒陀利亚协议》结束了埃塞俄比亚联邦政府与提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）之间的战争，但近四年后，关于强制征兵和军事动员的报道再次引发了年轻人的恐慌——他们担心自己可能会再次被卷入战斗之中。
Nearly four years after the November 2022 Pretoria Agreement ended the war between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), reports of forced recruitment and military mobilisation have raised fears among young conflict survivors that they could once again be drawn into fighting. The African Union-brokered agreement ended two years of war in Tigray, but key issues – including contested territory, the return of displaced people and the disarmament of Tigrayan forces – remain unresolved.
这项由非洲联盟斡旋达成的协议结束了提格雷地区的持续两年的战争，但一些关键问题（如争议领土的归属、流离失所者的回归以及提格雷武装力量的解除武装）仍未得到解决。
Human Rights Watch reported in July that Tigrayan authorities and forces had forcibly recruited civilians, including children as young as 15, since at least April. The organisation documented cases involving former combatants and other men and boys who it said were taken from streets, homes, workplaces and gold-mining areas.
人权观察组织（Human Rights Watch）在7月份报告称，自4月以来，提格雷当局和武装力量一直在强制征召平民，其中甚至包括年仅15岁的儿童。该组织记录了多起案例：这些被征召的人是从街头、家中、工作场所以及金矿区被抓走的，其中包括前战斗人员以及其他男性青少年。
The allegations come as tensions between the federal government and the TPLF have risen, with both sides accusing the other of military mobilisation. Heavy fighting was also reported near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan in August.
这些指控的出现，正值埃塞俄比亚联邦政府与提格雷人民解放阵线之间的紧张关系不断升级之际；双方都指责对方正在进行军事动员。8月份，埃塞俄比亚与苏丹边境附近也发生了激烈的战斗。对于许多年轻人来说，他们的选择就是离开提格雷。
For some young men, the response has been to leave. Leaving before they are taken Shewit, 24, had been trying to rebuild his life after the war. He was studying at Mekelle University, running a language-class business he had started about a year earlier and helping to look after his younger siblings.
24岁的Shewit在战争结束后一直在努力重建自己的生活：他曾在梅克勒大学学习，经营着自己一年前创办的语言培训课程，同时还要照顾年幼的弟妹们。然而，随着招募新兵和军事动员的报道越来越多，他感到留在提格雷地区变得不再安全。
But as reports of recruitment and military mobilisation increased, he said staying in Tigray began to feel unsafe. “I had already survived one war. I didn’t want to go through another,” he told Al Jazeera. He eventually left for Addis Ababa, leaving behind his family, his studies and his business.
“我已经经历过一场战争了，我不想再经历另一场战争，”他告诉半岛电视台。最终，他离开了提格雷，离开了家人、学业以及自己辛苦建立起来的事业。
“I left behind my siblings, who depended on me, and a business I had sacrificed so much to build.” He says he does not want to return unless he can bring his family with him.
“我留下了那些依赖我的弟妹们，还有我为之付出巨大努力的生意。”他说，除非能够带着家人一起离开，否则他不会回去。“我不想回去；事实上，如果可以的话，我希望带着家人和弟妹们一起来到这里。”
“I don’t want to go back. In fact, if I can, I want to bring my family and my siblings here with me.” Those who remember the battlefield Gebrehiwot, 28, is still in Tigray. He fought during the previous war but says he does not want to return to the battlefield. He says the experience changed the way he viewed the war’s political and military leadership, particularly after seeing wounded fighters and families of dead soldiers struggle after the fighting ended.
28岁的Gebrehiwot至今仍留在提格雷。他在上一次战争中参战过，但他表示自己再也不想回到战场上。他说，战争的经历让他对战争中的政治和军事领导层产生了深刻的质疑——尤其是当他看到受伤的战士以及阵亡士兵的家属在战火结束后陷入困境时。
“We were told that we were fighting for our people, but after the war ended, I saw wounded fighters and families of the dead being abandoned.” He says reports that former combatants were being called back increased his fears.
“我们被告知我们是在为人民的利益而战，但战争结束后，我却看到受伤的战士和阵亡士兵的家属被遗弃了。”他说，有关前战斗人员被重新征召入伍的报道让他更加恐惧。
Shewit checks the news on his phone in his apartment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [File: Million Gebrekidan/Al Jazeera]“Former combatant friends were being called back to the army and I heard some had been taken away forcibly. I was afraid I would be next, so I left my hometown and moved to Mekelle, hoping I would not get identified here.” Unlike Shewit and Gebru, he has not left Tigray. But he says his experience of the previous war makes the prospect of another mobilisation difficult to contemplate.
如今，Shewit在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的公寓里通过手机关注着新闻。他担心自己也会成为被征召的对象，因此离开了家乡，搬到了梅克勒。与Shewit和Gebrehiwot不同，他还没有离开提格雷；但他表示，上一次战争的经历让他难以想象再次被征召入伍的情景。
“I know what the battlefield looks like. I don’t want to go back there and risk not coming home.” A wider pattern Human Rights Watch says the recruitment allegations extend beyond former fighters to civilians and young people.
“我知道战场是什么样子。我不想再回到那里，冒着回不了家的风险。”人权观察组织表示，更广泛的模式表明，招募指控不仅限于前武装人员，还涉及平民和年轻人。
“We found that both former fighters but also civilians – young men, sometimes boys – were being abducted, detained,” said Laetitia Bader, the organisation’s Horn of Africa director. “Sometimes in the streets, in marketplaces, also in mining areas which is an important form of livelihood in the region.” Bader said Human Rights Watch had documented cases involving minors as young as 15.
该组织非洲之角主任莱蒂蒂亚·巴德（Laetitia Bader）表示：“我们发现，不仅前武装人员，还有平民——年轻男子，有时甚至是男孩——遭到绑架和拘留。”“有时是在街道上、市场上，还有采矿区，这是该地区重要的生计来源。”巴德表示，人权观察已经记录了涉及年仅15岁未成年人的案件。
“We found that both former fighters but also civilians – young men, sometimes boys – were being abducted, detained,” said Laetitia Bader, the organisation’s Horn of Africa director. “Sometimes in the streets, in marketplaces, also in mining areas which is an important form of livelihood in the region.” Bader said Human Rights Watch had documented cases involving minors as young as 15. The organisation also said a mobilisation proclamation introduced in June criminalised desertion and attempts by relatives to prevent loved ones from being conscripted.
该组织还表示，6月份出台的一项动员公告将逃兵行为以及亲属阻止亲人被征召入伍的行为定为刑事犯罪。
For young people who survived the previous war, Bader said, the reported recruitment was another reason to flee.
巴德说，对于在上一次战争中幸存的年轻人来说，据报道的强行招募是他们逃离的又一个原因。
“The forced conscription continues to have an impact. Young people continue to try to flee the region not only because of the forced conscription but also the devastating humanitarian situation in the region,” she said.
她说：“强行征兵继续产生影响。年轻人继续试图逃离该地区，不仅是因为强行征兵，还因为该地区毁灭性的人道主义状况。”
The TPLF has disputed allegations of forced recruitment, saying young people were joining voluntarily. TPLF spokesman Michael Asgedom previously described the allegations as a “mistaken narrative”.
提人阵对有关强行招募的指控提出了异议，称年轻人是自愿加入的。提人阵发言人迈克尔·阿斯格多姆（Michael Asgedom）此前将这些指控描述为“错误的叙事”。
Al Jazeera contacted Asgedom for a response to the allegations in this story, but he did not respond to calls or text messages. From recruitment to another war?
半岛电视台联系了阿斯格多姆，希望他就这篇报道中的指控作出回应，但他没有接听电话或回复短信。从招募走向另一场战争？
Muauz Gidey Alemu, an assistant professor of political science and lead researcher at the Tigray Institute of Policy Studies, said the recruitment should be understood within a broader political and security crisis that followed the Pretoria Agreement.
提格雷政策研究所政治学助理教授兼首席研究员穆奥兹·吉德伊·阿莱穆（Muauz Gidey Alemu）表示，应该在比勒陀利亚协议之后更广泛的政治和安全危机背景下来理解这种招募。
“The emergence of forced conscription at this particular moment should not be understood simply as a military recruitment exercise,” he said. “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.” Gidey said the agreement had stopped large-scale fighting but had not resolved all the political and security issues surrounding the post-war period.
“在这个特定时刻出现强制征兵，不应仅被理解为一次军事招募行动，”他说。“更应将其视为围绕《比勒陀里亚停止敌对行动协议》执行不力而演变出的更深层政治和安全危机的一个症状。”盖德伊表示，该协议虽然制止了大规模战斗，但并未解决战后时期所有的政治和安全问题。
“The emergence of forced conscription at this particular moment should not be understood simply as a military recruitment exercise,” he said. “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.” Gidey said the agreement had stopped large-scale fighting but had not resolved all the political and security issues surrounding the post-war period.
“目前的局势表明，《比勒陀里亚协议》实现了有效的大规模战争停止，却只达成了一个不完整的和平协议，”他说。
“The present situation demonstrates that Pretoria produced an effective cessation of large-scale warfare but an incomplete peace settlement,” he said.
埃塞俄比亚提格雷州首府梅克勒的航拍图，摄于2026年9月23日 [Million Gebrekidan/半岛电视台] 他说，持续的动员可能会形成一个循环：不安全助长军事征募，而军事征募又加深不安全。
Aerial view of Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, September 23, 2026 [Million Gebrekidan/Al Jazeera] He said continued mobilisation could create a cycle in which insecurity fuels military recruitment, which then deepens insecurity. “Political insecurity generates military mobilisation; military mobilisation reinforces political insecurity; political insecurity then becomes an argument for further mobilisation,” Gidey said.
“政治不安全导致军事动员；军事动员强化政治不安全；政治不安全随即成为进一步动员的理由，”盖德伊说。
“Political insecurity generates military mobilisation; military mobilisation reinforces political insecurity; political insecurity then becomes an argument for further mobilisation,” Gidey said.
然而，对于半岛电视台采访的年轻男子来说，问题不那么多在于驱动动员的政治算计，而在于他们能否避免被再次卷入战争。格布鲁说，离开成了他保护自己的方式。
For the young men interviewed by Al Jazeera, however, the question is less about the political calculations driving mobilisation than about whether they can avoid being pulled back into war. Gebru says leaving became his way of protecting himself.
“发生那些事后，我知道我不能留在那里正常生活。我觉得保护自己的唯一办法就是离开。”舍维特现在在亚的斯亚贝巴，与家人和他正在重建的生活分离。
“After what happened, I knew I could not stay there and live normally. I felt that the only way to protect myself was to leave.” Shewit is now in Addis Ababa, separated from his family and the life he had been rebuilding.
“我不是想走才走的。我走是因为我想有机会构建一个未来。”留在提格雷的格布雷希沃特说，他的愿望更简单。
“I didn’t leave because I wanted to. I left because I wanted to have a chance to build a future.” Gebrehiwot, who remains in Tigray, says his hopes are simpler.
“我不想要什么非凡的东西。我只想平静地生活，和家人在一起，再也不用拿起枪。”
“I don’t want anything extraordinary. I just want to live peacefully, stay with my family and never have to pick up a gun again.”