Calm has been restored at the Conseil National du Patronat du Mali (CNPM) in Bamako since the powerful businessman, Mossadeck Bally, became its chairman on 1 October 2022. The new head of the national employers’ association won 117 votes out of a total 129 after intense lobbying in his favour by businessman Ibrahima Diawara and Bally’s brother-in-law and close friend Houd Ould Baby, who heads the hotel and gas distribution
