London ( CNN ) -- Seven athletes from Cameroon 's delegation to the London Olympics have gone missing , the country 's head of mission said Tuesday . The missing athletes include five male boxers , a female footballer and a male swimmer , Paul Ekane Edingue , said David Ojong , Cameroon 's head of mission to London 2012 . Ojong said the missing boxers , named as Thomas Essomba , Christian Donfack Adjoufack , Yhyacinthe Abdon Mewoli , Serge Ambomo and Blaise Yepmou Mendouo , had not been seen since Monday . Footballer Drusille Ngako , who was one of the team 's reserve players , went missing on July 26 , he said . The Cameroonian delegation approached the London Games organizers , LOCOG , and the High Commission of Cameroon in London as soon as they became aware of the missing athletes , Ojong said . Nothing has been heard from the athletes since they went missing , he said , but their compatriots `` hope and believe '' the athletes will rejoin the group before they return to Cameroon . UK authorities say athletes visiting the United Kingdom for the Games are free to come and go as they please from the Olympic village , where visiting delegations are housed . Athletes and team officials have been allowed to seek permission to enter and remain in the United Kingdom without a visa from March 30 to November 8 . Their right to be in the country ends on November 8 . The UK Home Office , which is responsible for border security , declined to comment on the missing athletes . The director of protocol at the Cameroonian Ministry for External Relations in Yaounde also declined to comment . Cameroon , a west African nation of more than 20 million people , sent more than 30 athletes to the London Games but has yet to win a medal . It is not clear whether the missing athletes plan to seek asylum in the United Kingdom . CNN 's Jo Shelley and Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report .
Seven athletes from Cameroon have gone missing , their team chief says . The athletes include five boxers , a woman footballer and a male swimmer , he says . The athletes have the right to remain in the United Kingdom until early November . It is not yet clear whether they intend to try to seek asylum in the United Kingdom .