{
  "uid": "mali-amadou-kouffa",
  "slug": "amadou-kouffa",
  "name": "AMADOU KOUFFA",
  "agency": "Foreign Gov't",
  "list": "Mali, Security Ministry",
  "category": "Terrorism",
  "charge": "Senior JNIM deputy to Iyad Ag Ghaly in the al-Qaeda-aligned Sahel insurgency.",
  "reward": 2500000,
  "reward_text": "Mali's security ministry is offering about $2.5M for his capture.",
  "location": "Mali / Sahel",
  "state": "",
  "state_name": "",
  "status": "At large",
  "warning": "",
  "image_url": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/78/58/87/1024x538_cmsv2_0d514f00-f0de-5d48-900e-4e40a2955df3-9785887.jpg",
  "source_url": "https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/05/mali-juntas-offers-35m-reward-for-jihadist-leader/",
  "updated": "2026-06-08",
  "kind": "wanted",
  "caution": "",
  "remarks": "",
  "hook": "Mali's $2.5 million man, the preacher turned deputy of the Sahel's al-Qaeda chief.",
  "blurb": "Amadou Kouffa is described as a senior deputy to Iyad Ag Ghaly within JNIM, the al-Qaeda affiliate operating across Mali and the Sahel. Alongside the bounty on Ag Ghaly, Mali's military-run security ministry has offered roughly $2.5 million for Kouffa's capture. He is presumed innocent.",
  "mystery": "He has been reported killed before, only to resurface. The reward stands for whoever can say where he is now.",
  "rib": "",
  "ribcls": "",
  "source_class": "agency_scrapers",
  "corroborated_agencies": [],
  "sections": {
    "photo": {
      "status": "available",
      "message": ""
    },
    "charges": {
      "status": "available",
      "message": ""
    },
    "location": {
      "status": "available",
      "message": ""
    },
    "reward": {
      "status": "available",
      "message": ""
    },
    "source": {
      "status": "available",
      "message": ""
    },
    "corroboration": {
      "status": "empty",
      "message": "No other authoritative agency currently lists a matching name for this case."
    }
  }
}