Cameroon minister denies French hostages freed
The Yaounde house of a French family seized in a kidnapping a, seen on February 21, 2013. By Reinnier Kaze (AFP)
YAOUNDE (AFP) – A Cameroonian minister denied Thursday reports that a French family seized in the north of the country this week had been freed.
“It is a wild rumour. If this was true, the Cameroonian government would have already given the information to France,” said Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary. Earlier, a French minister went back on an initial confirmation that the family of seven had been freed.
