Sunak appoints Nigerian Kemi Badenoch as Trade Minister

British lawmaker Kemi Badenoch was on Tuesday re-appointed as trade minister and also given the role of equalities minister, according to a statement by the office of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Badenoch backed Sunak in the most recent race to replace outgoing leader, Liz Truss.

She was also a contender earlier this year in a Conservative Party leadership contest to replace then Prime Minister Boris Johnson.