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He moved to ABC's London bureau in January 2010 where he covered the Arab revolutions in North Africa from Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. He has reported from South Africa, Kenya, Norway, Sweden and Italy, and the Indian Ocean.
In 2011, he won an Emmy for his coverage of the Libyan Revolution and the downfall of Col. Muammar Gadhafi. Kofman covered the revolution in Libya from its beginning to its end. He reported from Tripoli as Gadhafi struggled to sustain his dictatorship.
During his decade in Miami, Kofman reported on cancer research in Ecuador.
Kofman spent a month in Haiti in early 2004 when guerrillas took control of much of the country. He has traveled throughout Colombia, covering U.S. efforts to wipe out the drug trade in that country.
Kofman also covered Cuba extensively, reporting on the impact of the long stalemate between the U.S. and that country.
While in Iraq, Kofman was embedded with U.S. Marines in the southern part of the country. He traveled to some of the most troubled regions, including Fallujah and Samarra. In July 2003, he reported on the declining morale of U.S. troops in the region as their tours of duty kept getting extended. The story was picked up by outlets around the world when one soldier called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign. Kofman was reportedly the target of a smear campaign as a reaction to his report.
Born in Toronto, he is a graduate of Upper Canada College and then Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he studied political science.
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