FRANCE will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
The three adults and four children were seized in Cameroon near the Nigerian border last week. In a video, the gunmen threatened to kill them unless authorities in Nigeria and Cameroon released Muslim militants held there.
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