10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lukwesa Burak

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  1. Lukwesa Burakwas born in 1974
  2. She is a news and weather presenter for BBC News
  3. Previously, she was a presenter and interviewer for Al Jazeera, Sky News and before that Africa Edition on eNCA (formerly known as eNews Channel), based in South Africa
  4. She was formerly a weather forecaster and then news presenter in the United Kingdom, for East Midlands Today, a regional television news programme covering the Midlands area of Central England, followed by news presenter for Sky News, the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting, based in London.
  5. She became a news presenter for eNCA in August 2012
  6. Lukwesa is a regular presenter of World News Today on BBC Four, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel on as well as afternoons and evenings on Saturdays and Sundays
  7. Burak was born in Zambia in 1974 and named after her royal tribal family
  8. She enjoyed animals and had a spider collection
  9. Burak enjoyed animals and had a spider collection
  10. She was then awarded a European Union scholarship to complete a Master of Science degree at the University of Leicester