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Mali junta puts €3m bounty on Sahel al-Qaeda leader Ag Ghali

Iyad Ag Ghali, head of the jihadist JNIM coalition, pictured in 2016.
Iyad Ag Ghali, head of the jihadist JNIM coalition, pictured in 2016. © AFP - HANDOUT

Mali's military government has offered a €3 million reward for information that leads to the arrest or killing of Iyad Ag Ghali, head of the Sahel branch of al-Qaeda that launched a major offensive in April.

Ghaly, leader of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) – the biggest jihadist force battling many of the Sahel states – is the region's most wanted man.

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