French Family Kidnapped

• Cameroon says French family taken hostage freed

  Cameroon's government says a French family of seven kidnapped there two months ago while on vacation has been freed. Neither the French nor Nigerian governments, who were thanked in the statement Friday from the office of the president, could confirm the information.

• Nigeria says no ransom to kidnappers of French family

  Nigeria on Saturday ruled out a ransom payment to the kidnappers holding seven members of a French family as France's foreign minister held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on the abductions.

• Video of French family, abductors appears on YouTube

  A video appeared on YouTube on Monday of seven kidnapped members of a French family with their abductors, who claimed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and demanded the release of prisoners.

• Nigeria in 'massive manhunt' for kidnapped French family

  Nigerian security forces were in a "massive manhunt" on Friday for seven members of a kidnapped French family after Paris said the abductors had likely separated the victims into two groups.

• Militants kidnap French family in north Cameroon

  Islamist militants from neighbouring Nigeria abducted a French family of seven, including four children, in northern Cameroon on Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande said.