Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet

ABUJA, NIGERIA Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the country's cabinet, government sources say.

Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua.

Yar'Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to Nigeria recently, has not been seen in public.

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