Inadequate assessments of impact of potential natural hazards on Zambia’s network infrastructures: Gateway to compromised vital societal functions

By Winston Muleba JR 

Recent flood events and other natural hazards in many parts of the country, but also elsewhere have shown that network infrastructures are vulnerable and that damages to them affect large areas over a period of time. 

The network infrastructures get affected by natural hazards which are caused by hydrometeorological, climatological, geophysical and biological phenomena which adversely impact on the natural and built environment of affected areas. 

Youth political participation

Young people are often excluded or overlooked as political candidates. Politics is typically regarded as a space for politically experienced men, and while women are often disadvantaged in accumulating experience to run for office, young people are systematically marginalized because of their young age, limited opportunities, and projected lack of experience.