{{Seven members of a French family abducted in Cameroon have been freed, officials in both countries have said.<\/p>\n
Cameroon’s Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told media they were in good condition and unharmed.}}<\/p>\n
The family, including four children, were abducted in February by gunmen on motorbikes after a visit to Waza National Park in northern Cameroon.<\/p>\n
In a video published on YouTube, militants from the Nigerian group Boko Haram claimed to be holding them.<\/p>\n
The release of the hostages was also announced on national radio in Cameroon on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The statement from the presidency said they had been handed over to Cameroon authorities late on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to the Associated Press news agency, both the Nigerian and French governments were thanked in the statement.<\/p>\n
The French president’s office confirmed the release and said that Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had immediately left for Cameroon to greet the family.<\/p>\n
The family, who live in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, where the father worked for the French gas group Suez, had been returning from a holiday when they were kidnapped on 19 February.<\/p>\n
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