Central African Republic: Young French photographer shot dead.

Posted on May 13, 2014 by bill

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Une journaliste française “assassinée” en Centrafrique, selon l’Elysée

L’Elysée annonce ce mardi que la photo-reporter freelance Camille Lepage a été tuée en Centrafrique. Son corps a été trouvé par une patrouille de la force Sangaris. Selon François Hollande, elle serait “sans doute tombée dans un guet-apens (ambush)”. La journaliste était âgée de 26 ans et était originaire d’Angers. Elle habitait au Sud-Soudan depuis juillet 2012.

The Elysée announced on Tuesday that the photo-journalist freelance reporter Camille Lepage was killed in CAR. Her body was found by a Sangaris patrol (French/African). According to Francois Hollande, “she had no doubt fallen into an ambush (guet-apens)”. The 26 year old journalist came from Angers. She lived in South Sudan since 2012. Que la Vierge Marie lui envelloper dans son joli robe Sainte.

Son travail a été publié dans le New York Times, le International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, The Guardian, Libération, entre autres. Elle avait été finaliste de La bourse du talent, en 2013, avec son reportage “La guerre étouffée”. L’ambassadeur de France à Bangui, Charles Malinass, livre les premiers détails sur ce que l’Elysée qualifie d’assassinat  

Her work has been published in the NYTimes, Intl Herald Tribune, Le Monde, The Guardian, Liberation, among others. She was a finalist in The 2013 Talent Market, with her reporting of “The suffocating War”. The French ambassador in Bangui (Capital) released the first details to the Elysee confirming the assassination.

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Une petite fille prise en photo par Camille Lepage en mars 2014 © Reuters Camille Lepage

  • March 2014, people get ready to leave Bangui by convoy secured by the Misca. Twice a week, hundreds of Muslims and non Muslims flee the capital because of the violence. They will spend at least 2 days on trucks or in containers to reach the border with Cameroun. #CARcrisis #centralafricanrepublic #Refugees #fleeing

    March 2014, people get ready to leave Bangui by convoy secured by the Misca. Twice a week, hundreds of Muslims and non Muslims flee the capital because of the violence. They will spend at least 2 days on trucks or in containers to reach the border with Cameroun.

  • 22 Apr 2014
  • Diamonds seekers on the Membere river by the village of Nola. Most of the youth in Nola have dropped out school hoping to find diamonds in the river as early as 10 yo. Although many do not even find one in years, they survive by doing field work or have small jobs on the side. The diamond business is one of the key issues in the conflict as each rebel / militia groups is trying to get their hands on the mining areas. #diamonds #centralafricanrepublic #carcrisis #africa #photojournalism #documentary #latergram

    Diamonds seekers on the Membere river by the village of Nola. Most of the youth in Nola have dropped out school hoping to find diamonds in the river as early as 10 yo. Although many do not even find one in years, they survive by doing field work or have small jobs on the side. The diamond business is one of the key issues in the conflict as each rebel / militia groups is trying to get their hands on the mining areas.

The Membere river by Nola in CAR. One more time I’m amazed by the beauty of the Central African Republic. I apologise for the lack of news but spontaneously left to the bush 6 days ago and had no internet connection from there. Should be back in Bangui in a week or so. #africa #photography #latergram #africanbeauty #iphoneonly

The Membere river by Nola in CAR. One more time I’m amazed by the beauty of the Central African Republic. I apologise for the lack of news but spontaneously left to the bush 6 days ago and had no internet connection from there. Should be back in Bangui in a week or so.

Par Elise Delève

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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