Oh, I forgot... the very sick man walking behind Lagarde is the president of my country, Gabon.

This guy is actually running again for presidency this year, and it would not matter if he didn't because it would have been a person from his party. The party in question is in power in the 60s, with the help of France and its friends who are benefiting from the resource exploitation.

That's what you call an incentivized dictatorship. It's the case in 99% of french speaking African nations.