They emerge from the aircraft with a smile as they walked to their freedom.

After nearly two months, these two Italian priests and a nun arrive in the Cameroon capital.

They were kidnapped in the north of the country near the Nigerian border.

No one has claimed responsibility but it's suspected that they were taken by Boko Haram gunmen.

No details were given about how Gianantonio Allegri and Giampaolo Marta and Canadian nun Gilberte Bussie were freed.

The priests had been working on improving water supplies and fighting the spread of HIV and Aids, as well as their religious duties when they were kidnapped on the night of April 4th.

Cameroon has deployed about 1,000 troops to its Nigerian border to fight the growing threat from Boko Haram.

Thousands of people have died since the Islamic, Boko Haram fighters launched a violent campaign against Nigeria.

But the clerics, appeared to be in good health.

They were greeted by the ambassado