ABIDJAN, Dec 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Burkina Faso's ruling military leader on Friday dismissed the country's prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a presidential decree transmitted to AFP.

No reason was given for the dismissal of Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was named as premier in October 2022 after the coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power.

"The prime minister's official functions are terminated," said the decree, adding that members of the dissolved government would "carry out ongoing business until the formation of a new government".

The prime minister had served at the head of three successive governments, surviving each reshuffle.

The west African country was plunged into instability by a January 2022 coup in which Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba seized power from elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

Little more than eight months later, Damiba himself was overthrown by Traore, 36, who now heads the junta regime.

Along with fellow Sahel nations Mali and Niger, which are also led by military juntas, Burkina Faso has seen a surge of attacks by jihadist armed groups.

Nearly two million of its citizens have been forced from their homes by the conflict, which has killed more than 26,000 people since 2015, including soldiers and civilians, according to monitoring group ACLED.