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| Fr Georges Vandenbeusch-Now Free |
Fr Georges Vandenbeusch, 42, was kidnapped by
gunmen in northern Cameroon near the border with Nigeria just months after
Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram captured a French family in the same region
The armed Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram,
which operates in the area, later said it was holding him.
His message expressed special thanks to Cameroon's
President Paul Biya.
Mr Hollande thanked the authorities in Cameroon
and Nigeria for their help in getting the priest released.
Georges Vandenbeusch was seized in the night of
Wednesday to Thursday in the region of Koza, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from
the Nigerian border.
Vandenbeusch had been a priest in the Paris
suburb of Sceaux until he left for Cameroon in 2011, the French Foreign ministry
said, adding he had decided to stay in the region – which France considers to
be high risk for kidnappings – even though he was aware of the risks involved.
Earlier this year (in February), seven members of
a French family called Moulin-Fournier - four of them children on holiday in
northern Cameroon- were abducted by Boko Haram. They were released in April.
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