Kyrgyzstan's president dismisses prime minister, appoints new acting leader amid political instability.

Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov has dismissed Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov and appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev as the new acting prime minister. Details on the reasons for the dismissal are unclear. Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation, has faced political instability since its independence in 1991 and relies heavily on remittances from workers in Russia, which account for about 20% of its GDP.

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