I have information on abducted girls – Shettima

The governor of Nigeria’s Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram.
Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military for verification.
Mr Shettima added that he did not think the girls had been taken across the border to Chad or Cameroon.
Earlier, France’s president offered to host a summit on Boko Haram.

Priest freed in Cameroon arrives back in France

Fr Vandenbeusch (right) was welcomed by President Hollande (centre) at Villacoublay air base

A French Catholic priest freed in Cameroon nearly seven weeks after being abducted has been welcomed back to France by President Francois Hollande.

Mr Hollande shook hands with a smiling Fr Georges Vandenbeusch after his arrival at an air base near Paris early on New Year's Day.