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21/04/2013 - France - Cameroon

French ex-hostages speak out about kidnapping

Members of the family held hostage for two months by a Nigerian Islamist group spoke about their ordeal on French national television over the weekend.

20/04/2013 - France

French press review 20 April 2013

The big story making the front pages is the release of the seven French hostages seized in Cameroon by the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram.

20/04/2013 - France - Cameroon - Nigeria

French hostage family back in France

The French family held hostage by a Nigerian Islamist group arrived in Paris early Saturday morning, after being freed Thursday night.

19/04/2013 - France - Cameroon - Nigeria

French kidnap family freed in Nigeria, Biya

The French family kidnapped in Cameroon in February have been freed in Nigeria, where they had been taken by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced ...

14/04/2013 - France - Afghanistan

Freed French hostage returns home

French photographer Pierre Borghi returned to France on Sunday, after being released from four months of captivity in Afghanistan last week.

09/04/2013 - France - Afghanistan

Second French hostage freed in Afghanistan within 24 hours

A second French citizen has been freed in Afghanistan just hours after the release of aid worker-turned-photographer, Pierre Borghi.

08/04/2013 - France - Afghanistan

French hostage freed in Afghanistan

A Frenchman who was kidnapped in Afghanistan at the end of November has been freed, a spokesman for the French embassy in Kabul said on Monday.

Is Philippe Verdon dead?
21/03/2013 - African news explained

Is Philippe Verdon dead?

The French government is trying to verify a claim by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that the group has executed a French hostage.

20/03/2013 - France - Mali - Maurtania

Hollande summons defence chiefs after Al Qaeda hostage execution claim

President François Hollande called a meeting of France’s top defence committee Wednesday morning after Al-Qaeda’s north African branch (Aqim) claimed that it has killed a French ...

19/03/2013 - France - Mali

No more ransoms paid for French hostages, Hollande tells families

The wife of one of the French citizens being held captive in the Sahel, says French president François Hollande told families of hostages that France would not pay any ransom for their ...

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