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The Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has officially banned the African American history course in high schools. For the Republican, topics related to racism are in violation of the laws of the state.

The Government announced, on Friday 20 January 2023, the death of the Gabonese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Michaël Moussa Adamo. The diplomat had a heart attack and was immediately admitted to the Omar Bongo ONDIMBA Armed Forces Training Hospital, where he was examined by medical staff.

The Gabonese Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is organising a national free deworming campaign against intestinal worms and bilharzia from 7 to 10 December 2022.

In order to raise the level of national karateka, the Gabonese Federation of Karate-Do and Related Martial Arts invited the world legend of the said discipline, the British Wayne OTTO, 5th Dan black belt in karate, the winner of nine World Karate Championships, in Gabon from November 23 to 25, 2022. The man who holds the Guinness World Records for winning the most medals, worked with local athletes to help them develop their careers.

Gabon is the first country in Africa to set up a Centre for Protection and Social Promotion to care for victims of gender-based violence. Inaugurated on 24 November 2022, in Libreville, in the presence of the country’s highest authorities, including the Head of State, His Excellency Ali BONGO ONDIMBA and the First Lady, Sylvia BONGO ONDIMBA, it is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

People of Mouila have warmly welcomed the Head of State, His Excellency Ali BONGO ONDIMBA who visited the province of Ngounié this Wednesday, November 2nd. A visit that supports the vision of the Head of State, that of always being closer to his compatriots throughout the nine (9) regions of the country.

Reviewing investment opportunities in Gabon was the objective of the Head of State Ali BONGO ONDIMBA who went on Monday, October 24, 2022, to the United Arab Emirates for a working and friendship visit. During his stay, the Gabonese President had discussions with his counterpart Emir Mohammed BIN ZAYED AL NAHYANE.

After the heavy rainfall on Friday, October 21, 2022, which caused a landslide that killed seven members of the same family in PK 8, a popular district of Libreville in Gabon, the President of the Republic, Ali BONGO ONDIMBA and the First Lady, Sylvia BONGO ONDIMBA went to the disaster area to provide support to the affected population.

Placed under the theme “healthy life”, the ninth edition of the Pink Month (October) campaign has mainly dedicated its activities to sports sessions and a good diet in order to reduce the risk of developing cancer. In Gabon, the Fondation Sylvia BONGO ONDIMBA (FSBO), which has been fighting this disease since 2013, has made the screening free of charge in all public health facilities in the country.

To show the world the beauty of Gabon’s biodiversity is the objective of Amazing Gabon, which is organizing a photographic exhibition from October 17 to 21 in New York, at the United Nations headquarters. The project was made possible thanks to partnerships with the Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Water and Forests, the Sea, the Environment, in charge of the Climate Plan and the financial support of the Special Council of the President of the Republic, Permanent Secretary of the National Climate Council.