The country has vast reserves of the ore, a source material for aluminium. But citizens still languish in poverty. Most ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

China and Africa have historically grappled with poverty, a major obstacle to prosperity and development. While China has ...