allAfrica  

[RFI] In 2025, we reported on war and displacement, culture and climate, power and pushback. Our journalists followed conflicts, questioned politics, unpacked new technologies and listened to people living through change. Some stories were hard reads. Others offered hope, humour or human grit. These are our top picks from the year - stories that reflect what we try to do at RFI English: explain the world, and stay close to the people living through it. Thank you for staying with us along the journey.

allAfrica  

[The Conversation Africa] Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a team of soundscape ecologists in South Africa's mountainous Golden Gate Highlands National Park. The team's research co-leader, Mosikidi Toka, studies how animals and the environment make and use sounds, especially in mountains, and is currently completing a PhD on the sounds of natural habitats. He deployed automated audio

BBC News Africa  

Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.

BBC News Africa  

From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.

AfricaDotcom  

Contributed by In On Africa (IOA)  

BBC News Africa  

BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines allegations of links between the UAE and Sudan’s RSF in the civil war, as international efforts continue to seek an end to the fighting.

BBC News Africa  

Residents of the main city express shock after soldiers tried to overthrow the president.

Design Indaba  

University of Sydney’s breakthrough paint that cools and harvests water

Design Indaba  

Decathlon’s intra-vehicular space suit prototype

Design Indaba  

Nick Vinson in collaboration with Avanti Architects, has reimagined the Italian Embassy at 4 Grosvenor Square in London.

Design Indaba  

UK artist Morag Myerscough unveils a new installation experience

Design Indaba  

Francis Kéré designs UNESCO’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects

Design Indaba  

A design solution that aims to restore dignity, independence and time in vulnerable households.

Design Indaba  

An inhabitable bridge by Wallmakers

Design Indaba  

The wearable aiming to redefine human mobility

Design Indaba  

Earthen, 3D printed architecture for young trees

Design Indaba  

An innovative approach to designing confident childhoods

Design Indaba  

An assistive keyboard to help people living with Parkinson’s type.

Design Indaba  

San Francisco based The HomeMore Project develops a shelter aid for homeless individuals

This Is Africa  

The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come from? And why now?

Design Indaba  

A performative dining experience exploring connection and distance