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Inside one of the world’s most secretive countries

The Iran war has made Eritrea's Red Sea coast more strategically important, and the country says it's now ready to open up. Reuters got access to one of the world's most secretive countries, and Giulia Paravicini explains how a long war for independence, mandatory national service and growing tensions with Ethiopia stand in the country’s way of progress.