{{A video released by the North African arm of al-Qaeda apparently shows seven Western hostages are still alive.}}
Mauritanian news agency ANI, which received the footage, says it shows four Frenchmen kidnapped from a uranium compound in Niger three years ago.
All the captives, including a Dutchman, a Swede and South African, who were kidnapped in northern Mali in November 2011, seemed in good health, ANI said.
The French foreign ministry said it believed the video was credible.
The video was apparently sent to ANI by the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
“Based on an initial analysis, the video seems credible to us and provides new proof of life of the four French hostages kidnapped in Arlit (northern Niger) on 16 September 2010,” French foreign ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said.
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