Gabon's FM dies of heart arrest

LIBREVILLE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Gabon's Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo died of a heart arrest, the Gabonese government announced in a statement on Friday.

Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, attends a UN Security Council ministerial debate over international peace and security, conflict and food security at UN headquarters in New York on May 19, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

"On January 20, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Moussa-Adamo suffered a heart arrest (...) Admitted to intensive care and despite the efforts of specialists, the death was confirmed at 12:12 p.m. today," the statement said.