Sheikh Aïma Ousmane Diakité has served as the President of the Superior Council of Imams, Mosques, and Islamic Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire (COSIM) since April 2021. A distinguished lawyer, public law scholar, and professor, he provides spiritual leadership to over 26,000 imams. He guides a Muslim population that constitutes 42.5% of the nation’s 30 million residents. Widely revered as the "Imam of the Middle Way", he is a proponent of regional interfaith dialogue, and actively builds upon the legacy of his predecessors to counter extremism and tackle severe societal challenges like youth drug abuse, moral decline, and organised crime.