Camara was appointed to cabinet when Guinea was under military rule, in 1992 as Secretary of State for Social Affairs, Women's Promotion and Childhood, then in 1994 as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry. From 1997 to 2000 she chaired the Board of Directors of the National Office for Employment and Manpower, and during the war in Liberia and Sierra Leone she was Secretary General of Réseau des Femmes Africaines Ministres et Parlementaires (REFAMP) in Guinea.