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Lukwesa Burak

Lukwesa Burak presents Sky Late News from midnight to 0300. ­

­She then presents World News from 0300 – 0600, which caters for audiences within Europe, Asia, Africa, the Gulf and Middle East. ­

Lukwesa joined Sky News in 2006, having previously ­been a news anchor for BBC East Midlands Today, as well as presenting on various local radio stations. ­­­­­­­­­

Her broadcasting career started at the BBC Weather Centre before moving into news presentation.

Since joining Sky, Lukwesa has broken several key international news stories including­, the execution of Saddam Hussein­­­­, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and Gaza Strip, North Korea’s first nuclear test, the Indian train bomb attacks­ and the 2006 Indonesian earthquake.­­­­ ­She has also ­covered a number of ongoing high profile stories in Africa, most significantly the Darfur crisis.

Lukwesa was born in Zambia and was named after her royal tribal family. Having moved to Britain in the early 1980s she went on to graduate from Sussex University with a degree in Geography and European Studies. She was then awarded a European Union scholarship to complete a Master of Science degree from Leicester University. A year studying in Switzerland as part of her first degree allowed Lukwesa to become fluent in French.