CAMEROON: Seven members of a French family abducted in Cameroon have been freed, Cameroon's communications minister has told the BBC.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary said they were in a good condition and unharmed.
The family, including four children, were abducted in February by gunmen on motorbikes after a visit to Waza National Park in northern Cameroon.
In a video published on YouTube, militants from the Nigerian group Boko Haram claimed to be holding them.
Their release was also announced on national radio in Cameroon on Friday morning.
The statement from the presidency said the hostages had been handed over to Cameroon authorities late on Thursday.
Both the French and Nigerian governments were thanked, but there has been no word from them about the release, the Associated Press news agency reports.
