Release for BBC journalists accused of spying

Cameroon has freed two BBC journalists who had been detained by the military for six days on suspicion of spying in the disputed, oil-rich Bakassi peninsula.

South African Farouk Chothia, a producer with the BBC’s African service, and Ange Ngu Thomas, a local reporter working for the BBC, have been released from house arrest in the the town of Limbe.