UK's new Conservative leader Badenoch leaves British-Nigerians divided


  • World
  • Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Kemi Badenoch speaks on stage, on the day she was announced as the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party, in London, Britain, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - For some Nigerians and their descendants who call Britain their home, Kemi Badenoch becoming the first Black woman to lead a major British political party is a source of hope and pride.

But not everyone is celebrating. Some fear Badenoch, who was born in London to Nigerian parents but lived in Lagos until she was 16, will undermine progress towards racial equality.

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