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Date: 04 Nov 2002 
Headline: Senegal's president sacks PM, dissolves government 

DAKAR, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade 
sacked Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye and the entire government 
on Monday, state radio reported. 

"The position of Mame Madior Boye as prime minister has been 
ended," state radio quoted a presidential decree as saying. 

"As a consequence the duties of other ministers have also 
ended," the decree said. 

According to the radio the outgoing government will continue 
in a caretaker capacity until the appointment of a new one. 

Boye, the first woman in the former French colony to be 
appointed prime minister, had been in the job since May 2001. 
She does not belong to any party. 

There have been rumours in Senegal for months that the 
president wanted to dissolve the government and appoint someone 
from his own Senegal Democratic Party as prime minister. 

"Consultations for a new government will start today 
(Monday)," a source close to Wade told Reuters. 

Senegal's defence and transport ministers resigned last 
month after the Joola disaster, in which a ferry carrying more 
than twice as many people as it was designed for capsized in 
September with the loss of nearly 1,000 lives. 

Anger against the government has been growing since the 
extent of overloading was revealed. Wade was due to receive a 
disaster inquiry report on Monday afternoon, officials said. 





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