Lukwesa Burak
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BBC NEWS. ITN. formerly Al Jazeera, Sky News, ForcesTV. @The_RHS student. Finds peace in a garden & kitchen
UK, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Moderated a high level presidential discussion on Drought Resilience hosted by Spain’s Prime Minister
@sanchezcastejon
- with Senegal’s President
@Macky_Sall
- European Council President
@eucopresident
- Brazil’s President
@LulaOficial
@COP28_UAE
#Dubai
@UNCCD
@UNFCCC
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Thank you for all the messages & DMs. Yes, I had braids whilst reading the news and yes, even on a National bulletin. Times have changed! Thanks again 😘
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Thank you folks: Colleagues - present & former, and all you wonderful viewers. X
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This message made me pause and I got rather emotional. You forget sometimes what message you send. I will admit, its not easy walking through a newsroom as my 'true self'. Deep breath... this is me.
Loving the new TV hair
@LukwesaBurak
. On behalf of millions of little black girls I’d like to say thank you for wearing your
#Naturalhair
#afro
how it grows 😊
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I’m on my knees. Broken.
WHAT IS BLOODY WRONG WITH THE HUMAN RACE?
My son was attacked for being a n***** in Melbourne, the worst pain in the world. KICKED IN THE HEAD. I CANT SCREAM LOUD ENOUGH.
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Patrice Lumumba's only remains - his gold-capped tooth - returned to family in DRC - 61 years after he was murdered, disinterred and dissolved in acid.
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The personal stories from the
#IndonesiaEarthQuake
are starting to emerge... The Air Traffic Controller, Anthonius Gunawan Agung is being praised for ensuring the last commercial flight from
#Palu
was safely airborne before he tried to escape... He sadly never survived.
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1 person injured following shooting at the al-Noor mosque, near Oslo, Norway.
A man had been apprehended.
The suspected shooter was described as "a young white man" -- Police
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Share if you can
What it means to be removed from a photo!
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So a local seamstress heard my plight concerning my lost suitcase on
@flyethiopian
& knocked up this FABULOUSCdress in less than 24 hours for a Zambian cultural event. Gobsmacked!
#Zambia
@RoyalLivHotel
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Last time we met he was a Leader-in-Waiting…
Today I addressed him as Mr. President.
@HHichilema
#Zambia
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A former life as a student at the University of Sussex! 😂🤣
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Boy done good!
Thanks to
@Geetagurumurthy
for capturing the moment, Floor Manager, David - Director -
@LisahollHolland
& all the gallery team for looking after
@BuyoyaJonah
on
@BBCWorld
#FocusOnAfrica
#KomlaDumorAward
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Zambian students safe in Warsaw… busy texting home I reckon! ❤️
#Zambia
#Ukraine
#Poland
#ZambiansinUkraine
#AfricansinUkraine
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From ‘cattle boy’ to leader. Tomorrow
@HHichilema
will be inaugurated as Zambia’s 7th President.
#Zam
#Zambia
#Bally
#HH
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My 'Happy Place'.
Number 1 Son came looking for me as I'd 'gone AWOL again' and knew where to find me and clicked away.
#MyGarden
#Gardening
#HappyPlace
#Contented
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I’ll be finding out what this means for Zambia and it’s future course to recovery when I sit down for an interview with ZambianPresident
@HHichilema
next week.
@IMFNews
#zambia
Congratulations to 🇿🇲 President
@HHichilema
& his team on the $1.3 billion IMF program approved by the IMF Board today.
We’re proud to support Zambia’s homegrown reforms and actions to help build a better future for all Zambians.
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A plea to parents… Please educate your children.
Today my daughter was called a ‘monkey that swings through the trees’. She’s hurt. Very hurt and hiding in her room. I’m exhausted and EXTREMELY ANGRY!
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I made
@scottygb
‘s list. Year made! And a shout out to my sister-in-crime…
@BBCMaryam
❤️❤️❤️
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First interview with Zambia’s new President
@HHichilema
on
@BBCWorld
this evening. There was some frank talking..
TV: 1830BST (London time) 1930CAT 1730GMT
#FocusOnAfrica
RADIO: 1600BST 1700CAT
@bbcworldservice
Focus On Africa Radio
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#Zimbabwe
What's going on?
Why is
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
trending?
Where is Hopewell Chin'ono, where is his twitter acc?
The world is watching from afar, US calls for dialogue w/ opposition-where is
@mdczimbabwe
?
Getting latest from
@shingainyoka
on
#FocusOnAfrica
today
@bbcworld
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My baby’s face was covered in blood. Heartbroken. WHY? WHY?
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Don’t you all walk to breakfast accompanied by giraffe?
#Zambia
#Livingstone
#MosioaTunya
@RoyalLivHotel
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I tried... I really did.
#AyeAye
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First meal I ordered when I arrived in Zambia. Not quite home cooking but hotel version hit the spot... I got a strange look when I went 'off-menu'.
'Are you serious Madame?'
'Like you can't imagine my friend!'
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Please leave our beloved
@Schafernaker
& his luscious locks alone! As his former housemate I get a bit protective of my friend. I lost my hair thro’ bullying as a child & had to wear a hat to school (cue more bullying) & have had to put up with yrs of nasty commentary. Back off!
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Day made! This Dame is a LEGEND. Bumped into
@FloellaBenjamin
at
@The_RHS
#ChelseaFlowerShow
. Her words to me… “You can do it!”
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Swooped gardening wellies & work clothes for some bling for a night to celebrate some amazing leaders & trailblazers in Britain!
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Vacating the
@BBCNews
hot seat & passing on the baton to the lovely
@kacungira
. Aren’t you a lucky lot!
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Amazing what you learn/notice when you pay attention...
Cats have a precise method of walking called ‘direct registering’.
Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws — minimizing noise and visible tracks — while ensuring more stable footing. Amazing...
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Train home: CANCELLED
Stranded in London.
Alternative route involved multiple modes of transport.
Last Leg: Taxi
Shared the journey w/ a lovely family celebrating a birthday in London.
They refused to share the cost w/ me.
I may have got something in my eye!
#kindness
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This is Thierno. One of the army of ‘invisible’ heroes who help us do our job. He works overnight in the
@BBCnews
canteen
Without asking, he cooks me his delish, special omelettes before he heads home. It’s there waiting for me on the warmer when I have a break for breakfast ❤️
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Back with my original team… it all began at BBC Television Centre and here we are…
@Schafernaker
& Darren Bett
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Funmi! Wife, Mum of 2 beautiful girls - working hard from her front room to make ends meet. This is the lady responsible for my Braids. I sit there watching Nollywood films & giggling away as she provides a running commentary and braids AT SPEED! Love her!
#Dimples
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She didn’t believe where I work. Neither do I sometimes. I grew up listening to the
@bbcworldservice
on the wireless as a child in Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Stay grateful!
@BBCNews
@BBCWorld
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With you for the 6’o’clock news on
@BBCNews
- before handing the baton to
@samanthaTVnews
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HE GOT THE JOB! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Been following his job hunting journey for months.. watch out Medical world he’s coming through. So lovely to hear such happy news these uncertain times.
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Things really do come in 3s. Took 20 yrs to work together again then we meet at the lifts… and have a lovely natter in the car park! Love this wonderful person.
@carolkirkwood
bought me a glass of wine many years ago when I was a poor BBC Broadcast Assistant at TVC
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@Telegraph
@CamillaTominey
Would be very interested to know how many BLACK - not just POC - journalists work at the
@Telegraph
?
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So I walk into the newsroom and immediately get challenged to beat
@JuneydiFarah
’s record of 5 push-ups. He lied! I still beat him 😂🤣😂🤣
@BBCAfrica
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Only 1 person I trust with my hair. Junior Green has been is my man for the past 25 years.
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My ‘long service Telly Mate’… nearly 21 years later and we still have the best chinwags. Love this guy
@Schafernaker
!
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This was fun and educational. Fashion designers are textile architects… visual magicians… cultural diplomats! Respect!
@adebakarecoutur
#Africa
#fashion
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Rima, my ‘Dimple Twin’, who always has the biggest smile on her face whenever I walk into the BBC Canteen.
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About to go on air after a tearful conversation with my daughter who asked why a boy at school told her she should be in the black bin because her skin is dirty. THIRD incident.
CAN PARENTS PLEASE SPEAK TO THEIR KIDS AND TEACH THEM RACIAL INSULTS ARE A NO-GO!! RACISM IS LEARNT.
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Counting down…
Presenting
@BuyoyaJonah
-
Zambia is in the house!
#FocusOnAfrica
@BBCWorld
#KomlaDumorAward
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The moment Zambia’s President dialled into a Zoom call to speak to Zambians who’d made it out of Ukraine into Poland. More to come before everyone’s safely out.
#Ukraine
#Zambia
#RussianUkrainianWar
#Sumy
#Kherson
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A sad time for Zambia as the country’s founding President, Kenneth Kaunda passes away.
#RIPKK
#KennethKaunda
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Still stops me in my tracks that I get to say..
‘This is the BBC WORLD SERVICE’.
Only wish my grandfather, news junkie-in-crime… the man who nurtured a hunger & curiosity for world knowledge in me.. was alive to hear it for himself 💔
@bbcworldservice
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When you’re told twice in one day that you’re fat… thank you and I’ll take that on board as I navigate the realities of womanhood and a childbirth body post-50 in the glare of the public spotlight.
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A THREAD… (pictures)
This gentleman is a very important man. Actually, correction… A King… correction… The original ‘Lion King’.
Apologies - all I had was my camera phone.
#Mukuni
#TheLionKing
#Zambia
#BeneMukuni
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There are some days when all you have left in the tank is ….. Best medicine
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First time in nearly 30 years I’ve held a copy of
@BritishVogue
... and very much looking forward to discovering the amazing work WOMEN are doing. And not the colour of their skin.
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Mentioned to a friend in Germany how I dreamed of tasting a childhood food. Well… Germany, spoke to
@Avani_Hotels
,Livingstone - who spoke to
@RoyalLivHotel
and this was the result.
Thank you Longa Mulikelela & ‘Germany’ 😉. You both reduced me to tears.
#food
#Zambia
#chikanda
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The Card... I’ve been waiting to own! Rather emotional. On this subject I’m not impartial... for those of you from the Black community doubting whether to get a vaccine, PLEASE think of others. Protect yourself and those you love .
#Vaccinate
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Tired, late shopping, too much in basket, struggling-items dropping.
Group of 4 teens passed me, came back, helped carry my shopping to till. Small gesture but THANK you from a grateful me. If I could speak to yr parents, I’d tell them what wonderful young humans they’ve raised.
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Please meet my ‘Hair Maestro’ who’s looked after me for over 20 years! Also the magician behind creations on
#Bridgerton
.
Junior Green! Saved me many a time!
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Hello Livingstone… you are stunning!
@proflightzambia
touched down just in time to catch the sunset.
And this could possibly be the CLEANEST airport I’ve ever visited. Mesmerised but his reflection.
#Zambia
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Waiting for transport. This will be my first return onto the Zambezi’s waters since I was a child. Over 30 years ago it was further up river, at Kariba.
#Zambia
#Livingstone
#MosioaTunya
#VictoriaFalls
#theReturn
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5 4 3 2 1..... BUNGEE!
#Zambia
#Livngstone
#VictoriaFalls
#MosiOaTunya
#bucketlistadventures
#BucketList
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George Alagiah, 67 - 'fought until the bitter end but sadly that battle ended earlier today.'
Up until recently he campaigned for greater awareness. Listen to his
@bowelcanceruk
Podcast.
It could save a life, maybe yours.
#bowelcancer
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Last breakfast in Zambia and I saved the best till last!
Dining like a Queen!
#Zambia
#Food
#Breakfast
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I’ve got some hours to kill before my flight to Mosi-oa-Tunya, Livingstone.
I’ve had the best meal cooked by this lovely lady… now what? What’s to do & see in Lusaka?
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Here it is. Something to hopefully bring some cheer at a rather somber Christmas. Hope you’re all having a peaceful one! ❤️
@kieronmirch
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