WHO BORN MONKEY? : Seven French hostages kidnapped in Cameroon have been found alive in a house in northern Nigeria and are with Nigerian authorities, French television said on Thursday. .. Reuters.

Seven French hostages kidnapped in Cameroon have been found alive in a house in northern Nigeria and are with Nigerian authorities, French television reported.
The hostages, four children and three adults, were captured by gunmen this week while on a tourist excursion to the Waza national park near the Nigerian border with Cameroon.
"The hostages are safe and sound and are in the hands of Nigerian authorities," BFM quoted an officer from the Cameroon army as saying on Thursday.
A Western diplomat in the region told AFP news agency that six armed kidnappers on three motorbikes had abducted a couple, their four children and an uncle.
It is the first time Western tourists have been kidnapped in Cameroon, although hostage taking frequently occurs off the Cameroonian coast, the last incident dating back to February 8.
Ansaru, a little-known Nigerian armed group, has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreigners in a deadly weekend raid on a construction site in the country's north.