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'Dead' Mali jihadist Amadou Koufa reappears in video
Source: BBC
'Dead' Mali jihadist Amadou Koufa reappears in video
2 March 2019
A senior jihadist leader in Mali has reappeared in a video, months after the authorities said he had been killed.
The death of Amadou Koufa was widely reported, after a raid by French forces in November.
The video, in which Mr Koufa mocks the reports of his death, has been verified by Site, a US-based monitoring group.
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After the November raid, a Malian army spokesman and the French defence minister "confirmed" the death of Mr Koufa, a senior member of Mali's most powerful jihadist group, JNIM,
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2 March 2019
A senior jihadist leader in Mali has reappeared in a video, months after the authorities said he had been killed.
The death of Amadou Koufa was widely reported, after a raid by French forces in November.
The video, in which Mr Koufa mocks the reports of his death, has been verified by Site, a US-based monitoring group.
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After the November raid, a Malian army spokesman and the French defence minister "confirmed" the death of Mr Koufa, a senior member of Mali's most powerful jihadist group, JNIM,
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47428246