Cameroon Hostages: French Moulin-Fournier Family Freed
Seven members of a French family kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon in February have been freed.
Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the BBC the Moulin-Fournier family, including four children, were in good condition.
In a video published on YouTube, militants from the Nigerian group Boko Haram had claimed to be holding them.
The French president said France had not paid a ransom to free the family who are now in the capital, Yaounde.
The family arrived at the French embassy with a heavy security escort, the AFP news agency reports.President Francois Hollande said secret talks had been taking place for the past few weeks to help secure their release, but the country had not paid a ransom, Reuters news agency reports.
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