00:00Mali's slain Defence Minister Sadio Kamara will be laid to rest on Thursday, the country's
00:06military has announced.
00:07The 47-year-old died on Saturday when a car bomb targeted his home in Katy.
00:13His wife and two granddaughters were also killed.
00:16The attack was part of a two-day offensive launched by jihadist militants and Tuareg
00:21separatists against the ruling military junta and the Russian paramilitary fighters supporting
00:27it.
00:27Kamara was widely seen as the mastermind behind the junta's pivot to Russia after it cut
00:33ties with its traditional Western allies.
00:37In an address to the nation on Tuesday, junta leader Asimi Goita paid tribute to Kamara,
00:43calling him a valiant officer whose passage constitutes an immense loss for Mali.
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