Mali’s defence minister has been killed in an attack on his home, the government says. Sadio Camara’s death came amid coordinated assaults staged by insurgents , including the West Africa Al-Qaeda affiliate. A car laden with explosives, driven by a suicide attacker, drove into Mr Camara's home in the town of Kati, government spokesperson Issa ​Ousmane ​Coulibaly said in a statement read out on state television. A firefight ensued, and Mr Camara sustained injuries from which he later died in a hospital, ​Mr Coulibaly said. Mali would observe two days of mourning, he added. Kati is about 15km (about nine miles) north of the capital Bamako, where the army's main base is located. Sadio Camara, pictured in February 2024 (AFP/Getty) The regional al Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, known as JNIM, cooperated with a Tuareg-dominated rebel group to carry out simultaneous attacks in over half a dozen places across the country, according to claims by both groups.…