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.