The move comes days after General Assimi Goita vowed to neutralize those responsible for the April 25 assaults Mali’s transitional president, General Assimi Goita, has taken over the duties of defense minister after Sadio Camara, who had held the post, was killed in a wave of coordinated attacks by militants, the authorities have said. A presidential order published in the West African nation’s Official Gazette on Monday said Goita will remain head of state while assuming the defense portfolio. “The president of the transition, head of state and supreme commander of the armed forces, shall perform the duties of Minister of Defense and Veterans,” it stated. A separate decree named General Oumar Diarra as minister delegate for defense, placing him under the ministry now led by Goita. Former Defense Minister Camara died after a suicide car bomb struck his residence in Kati, a garrison town near Bamako, on April 25.…