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Eritrea’s firmly entrenched autocratic political system and its command economy persisted, while the mass youth exodus accelerated rapidly. The four Catholic bishops harshly criticised the government’s policy of militarisation and demanded reforms, and passive resistance to forced conscription increased. The lo…