March 17 – Two additional cases were confirmed in the country, including a woman who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She had visited Marseille and Paris before returning to the country. The other patient, a 29-year-old border police officer working at the , had checked the passport of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee when she arrived from France on March 8.[3][4]
March 24 – Diagnosed cases increased to six with the Ministry of Health announcing two new cases: a 45-year-old Togolese national, resident of Gabon and recently returned from Senegal on March 11, and a 42-year-old Gabonese national returned from France, on March 19.[6]
July 17 – Ali Bongo Ondimba is appointed Gabon′s first female prime minister.[7]
December 29 – Parliament approves constitutional changes to fill a legal void if the president becomes incapacitated and grant heads of state immunity after they leave office.[8]