The Peoples Program: The New Scramble For Africa with Thelma Arko

The initial scramble for Africa was a deadly colonial project from the 1880s that still impacts the continent today. Now, researchers like Thelma Arko are ringing the alarm bells that a new scramble for Africa is underway. This time, under the guise of environmentalism. Ryfah Shamak of The People's Program spoke with Thelma Arko, research fellow with the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, to learn more about the dangers of this emerging colonial project.