Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks

Car bomb kills Sadio Camara at home during coordinated assaults by rebel groups including West African al-Qaida affiliate Mali’s defence minister was killed in an attack on his residence, the government said on Sunday, a high-profile fatality during coordinated assaults staged the previous day by insurgents including the West African affiliate of al-Qaida. A car laden with explosives driven by a suicide attacker drove into Sadio Camara’s residence in the town of Kati, the spokesperson, Issa Ousm