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Football: Cameroon to host CAR-South Africa World Cup tie

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 10:30

A 2014 World Cup qualifier between Central African Republic and South Africa on June 9 has been moved to Cameroon because of security concerns, the national football association said Monday. CAR president Francois Bozize was overthrown last March by rebels, who killed 13 South African soldiers on a peace-keeping mission near the capital Bangui, before taking control of the impoverished country.

Cameroon's veteran leader basks in glory of hostage release

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 22:15

The freeing of a French family kidnapped in West Africa is a huge personal triumph for veteran Cameroon leader Paul Biya and could serve to thaw frosty ties between Paris and its former colony, analysts say. French President Francois Hollande went out of his way to thank Biya, 80, for his role in the release of the Moulin-Fournier family after two months of captivity at the hands of Islamist militants. Greeting the family on their return to France on Saturday, Hollande offered a "special thought" for Biya, who he said had "played an important role these past few days."

Freed French hostages leave Cameroon for home

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 18:01

A French family of seven released after being held by an Islamist group in Nigeria for two months left Cameroon for France late Friday accompanied by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The Moulin-Fournier family headed for home with the minister, who came to meet them in Yaounde earlier in the day and also met with Cameroon President Paul Biya. French President Francois Hollande was to meet the former hostages at Orly airport when they arrived in the early hours of Saturday, his office said.

Kidnapped French family of seven released in Cameroon

Thomson ReutersApril 19, 2013 10:30

By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A French family of seven, including four children, have been released in Cameroon following secret talks, France said on Friday, ending two months of captivity in the hands of Nigerian Islamist militants. Armed men on motorcycles snatched the family on February 19 while they were on holiday near the Waza national park in north Cameroon, some 10 km (six miles) from the Nigerian border.

Kidnapped French family of seven released in Cameroon

Thomson ReutersApril 19, 2013 10:15

EU thanks African states after French hostage release

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 08:01

The EU thanked the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria on Friday after a French family of seven abducted by Islamic extremists while holidaying in Cameroon were freed after two months in captivity. "We are delighted by the release of the seven," said Michael Mann, spokesman for European Union High Representative for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton. Ashton "joins the French authorities in thanking those of Cameroon and Nigeria for their contribution to this liberation," he added.

French family kidnapped in Cameroon freed

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 07:46

A French family of seven abducted by Islamic extremists while holidaying in Cameroon have been freed after two months in captivity, officials said Friday. The hostages -- a father, mother, four young children and their uncle -- were all in good health, the French presidency said, adding that Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was on his way to the central African state to greet the family.

Kidnapped French family of seven released in Cameroon

Thomson ReutersApril 19, 2013 06:15

France confirms release of family kidnapped in Cameroon

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 05:15

France confirmed Friday that seven members of a French family who were kidnapped in Cameroon in February had been released and were in good health. The president's office said Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had immediately left for Cameroon to greet the family, which includes four young children. "They are all healthy and have gone back to Yaounde (Cameroon capital)," it said, shortly after Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced that the family had been "handed over last night" to authorities in the country.

French family kidnapped in Cameroon released

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 04:16

A French family of seven kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Cameroon in February have been freed and are in the hands of officials in the central African state, President Paul Biya said. Biya made the announcement in a statement read on national radio which said the hostages -- a father, mother, four children aged 5 to 12, and an uncle -- had been "handed over last night to Cameroonian authorities". The hostages were seized by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram on February 19 while visiting a national park in northern Cameroon.