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EYE ON AFRICA EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24

12:35

Issued on: 19/08/2025 - 23:38

12:35 min

From the show

Eye on Africa

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In Kenya, gambling is now considered a public health issue. More and more people drawn to games of chance or sports betting in the hopes of hitting the jackpot. But many punters are becoming trapped in addiction - and financial ruin.

Also in the programme, the 45th Summit of the Southern African Development Community came to a close with 16 countries vowing to expand manufacturing and industrial capacity. Hosted for the first time by Madagascar, it also saw the island country's President take the reins of the bloc's rotating chairmanship.

And we report on a thrilling discovery for archaelogists in northeastern Ethiopia: fossilized teeth that are nearly three million years old. They may belong to a new branch of humanity, and contradict the linear narrative of human evolution.