Cameroon: 13 hostages likely kidnapped by Boko Haram freed

The young hostages disappeared on 13 August from a bus. One boy was executed because a ransom payment was not made in time.

After a two-week ordeal, 13 young hostages, who were likely kidnapped by Boko Haram members in Zigague in Cameroon, have been returned to Maroua, the capital city of the Far North district in the country.

The hostages, among which were three citizens of neighbouring Chad and 10 Cameroonian students, were freed by…