OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Friday terminated the duties of Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government.

According to a presidential decree read out on public television, "the duties of the prime minister are terminated" and "the government is dissolved".

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The decree said members of the dissolved government will handle current affairs until a new government is formed.

No explanation of the president's decision was given in the decree.

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Kyelem was appointed prime minister by Traore in October 2022, who came to power on Sept 30 that year following a coup.