Burkina Faso military junta dissolves government
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has dismissed Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela. The junta also announced the dissolution of the national government. No reason was given for the move.
Prime Minister Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela was fired by the military junta without giving an explanationImage: Ilya Pitalev/SNA/IMAGO
The military junta in Burkina Faso dismissed Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela on Friday and dissolved the government.
“The prime minister’s official functions are terminated,” read a decree issued by the junta’s leader, interim President Ibrahim Traore.
He said government ministers will remain in office until a new government is formed.
No reasons were given for the dismissal. Tambela was named as premier in October 2022 after the coup that brought Traore to power. The prime minister had served at the head of three successive governments, surviving each reshuffle.
