Fatou Camara

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Fatoumata "Fatu" Camara (also Fatou Camara ; * 20th century in Banjul ) is a television presenter and journalist from the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Camara is the daughter of Modou Lamin Camara and Fatou Njie. She attended Albion Primary School and then Gambia High School . After graduating from high school, she worked for Radio 1 FM and from 1996 for the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS) part-time while working for Citizen FM . She left The Gambia in 1996 and studied media and communication in Birmingham .

After her return to Gambia, she worked as a reporter and news anchor for the Gambia Radio & Television Service (GRTS) until 2000 and again from 2002 to 2005. From 2000 to 2002 she stayed with her husband (later ex-husband) in the United States . She then worked from 2005 as an assistant at the US embassy in Banjul , where she coordinated military training programs for members of the Gambian military in collaboration with the US Department of Defense . Camara left the US Embassy in 2008 to start her own public relations company. At the same time, she started Gambia's first TV talk show, The Fatu Show, which quickly became the most-watched show in the country.

In 2011 and again in 2013 she served President Yahya Jammeh as a press officer ( Director of Press & Communication, Office of the President ). In 2011 she was dismissed from the job after three months. In 2013, she was arrested in the capacity of press officer and was ultimately detained for 25 days without any contact with the outside world in September. During her detention, she had the officers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) their passwords to their Facebook - and email - Account reveal. According to the new Internet laws, she could face a prison sentence of up to 15 years because she clouded the image of the president. The allegations are linked to false information about Jammeh allegedly published in the Freedom Newspaper, a website about the Gambia from the United States. After paying bail, she lost her job, and there was an executive order from the President prohibiting her further appearances on television. Camara fled abroad via Senegal. She has since lived in exile in Georgia , United States.

In the diaspora, she runs a news website for Gambia and is heavily networked via social media such as Facebook, Twitter , YouTube , Instagram and Soundcloud . Your Facebook page "The Fatu Network" is observed by more than 250,000 users (as of March 2017). She was assaulted by supporters of Jammeh in the United States in August 2014.

Camara sued the Gambian state before the Community Court of Justice of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) and was awarded reparation for one million Dalasi in February 2018. At the end of May 2019, the Gambian government paid them $ 25,000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Fatu Camara, Author at The Fatu Network. In: fatunetwork.net. The Fatu Network, accessed March 17, 2017 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Gambia: Fatou Camara in Her Own Words . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . October 6, 2015 ( allafrica.com ).
  3. ↑ Gambia: 'The Fatu Show' to Celebrate Fourth Anniversary in Grandstyle . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . August 17, 2012 ( allafrica.com ).
  4. ^ Gambia: I-Media CEO On the Spotlight - Celebrates 4th Anniversary of the Fatu Show Tomorrow . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . September 7, 2012 ( allafrica.com ).
  5. ↑ Fatou Touray Drops Bombshell, As She Shed Light On The Fatu Camara NIA Cautionary Statement Controversy! - Freedom Newspaper. In: freedomnewspaper.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (American English).
  6. ↑ Gambia: Five Million Bail Bond for Fatou Camara . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . October 11, 2013 ( allafrica.com ).
  7. ↑ Gambia TV host Fatou Camara flees to the US . In: BBC News . November 5, 2013 ( bbc.com ).
  8. ↑ Breaking News: One of Jammeh's Assaulting agents taken for Questioning by DC Police - GAINAKO . In: GAINAKO . August 7, 2014 ( gainako.com ).
  9. ^ Protesters attacked on streets of DC by foreign security guards at the Africa Summit . In: WJLA . August 7, 2014 ( wjla.com ).
  10. ↑ Fatou Camara Attacked By Gambian President's Security Men. In: youtube.com. August 8, 2014, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  11. ↑ SUIT NO: ECW / CCJ / APP / 36/15. (PDF) Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ Editor: Ecowas Court Awards Six Million Dalasis Against The Gambia. February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2019 (American English).
  13. ^ Editor: Government Compensates Four Gambian Journalists. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Camara, Fatou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Camara, Fatu (nickname); Camara, Fatoumata (alternative first name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian journalist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Banjul