VOA Political Series: Zambian youth defy odds, occupy political space
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Twenty-three-year-old Tapera Mbewe is one of the few Zambian councilors who are under the age of 35 and are defying the odds by taking up political leadership in the southern African nation.
For more on Mbewe and what is being done to ensure that there is a larger percentage of Zambian youth in politics, VOA’s Kathy Short filed this report from Lusaka.