(Updates with new hostage)
Nov 26 (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped a French national in Mali's remote east, a government source said on Thursday.
Earlier freelance journalists Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian, and Nigel Brennan, an Australian, arrived in Nairobi. They had been freed on Wednesday after being held hostage in Somalia for 15 months.
Here are some details about foreigners held throughout Africa:
* CHAD:
November 2009 - Frenchman Laurent Maurice, an agronomist, was kidnapped on Nov. 9 near the border with Sudan, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. The ICRC suspended its activities in the region on Nov. 10.
* MALI:
November 2009 - Pierre Kamat, a Frenchman was kidnapped on Nov. 25 after visiting the town of Tinderman, officials said.
* SOMALIA:
April 2008 - A Briton and a Kenyan working on a U.N.-funded project were seized by gunmen and taken to Jilib, 280 km (175 miles) south of Mogadishu. They are still being held.
July 2009 - Somali gunmen kidnapped two French security advisers working for the government from the Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu on July 14. Police said one escaped on Aug. 26 after killing three of his captors, but Marc Aubriere denied killing anyone and said he slipped away while his guards slept.
* PIRATES:
More ships have been seized in November by pirates, who are now holding at least 13 vessels and more than 230 crew hostage. Captives include a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the Seychelles and the crew of a Spanish tuna boat.
* SUDAN:
August 2009 - Armed men seized two foreign civilians working for Darfur's peacekeeping force on Aug. 29, the first time the joint U.N./African Union mission has been targeted by kidnappers. A Nigerian man and the Tanzanian woman were taken from their residence in the town of Zalingei in west Darfur.
October 2009 - French aid worker Gauthier Lefevre was captured in Darfur on Oct. 22. The 35-year-old is head of the ICRC's office in el-Geneina, west Darfur, and is in the hands of his captors who have demanded a $1 million ransom. Sudan has refused to pay. On Monday Sudan arrested three Sudanese suspected of helping to kidnap Lefevre. ((For main story please click on [ID:nGEE5AP086])) (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/ ) (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit; ((david.cutler@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7968; Reuters Messaging: david.cutler.reuters.com@reuters.net; editing by David Stamp))
'''W Somalii uwolniono wczoraj dwie osoby porwane w kwietniu zeszłego roku.'''

Mowa o dziennikarce z Kanady Amandzie Lindhout oraz fotoreporterze z Australii Nigelu Brennanie. Dziennikarze w niewoli porywaczy przebywali od sierpnia 2008, kiedy porwano ich w Mogadiszu.

Porywacze dostali za zakładników 1 mln dol. okupu. Rebelianci podają, iż prowadzili negocjacje ws. kwoty okupu przez rok czasu.

Uwolnieniu informują, iż podczas niewoli zostali sprzedani islamskiej grupie Al-Shaabab. Zakładnicy mieli być też torturowani. Para porwanych obecnie przebywa w kenijskim Nairobi.

W Somalii od kwietnia 2008 nadal przetrzymywani są dwaj pracownicy ONZ.

=== Mali: porwano Francuza ===

Tymczasem na Czarnym Lądzie w Mali, także wczoraj porwano obywatela Francji. Do uprowadzenia doszło w mieście Tinderman.

W Czadzie od 9 listopada przetrzymywany jest natomiast Francuz pracujący dla Międzynarodowego Komitetu Czerwonego Krzyża.

W sudańskim Darfurze 22 października doszło do porwania także francuskiego pracownika Międzynarodowego Komitetu Czerwonego Krzyża. W Darfurze oprócz wspomnianego Francuza nadal w niewoli znajdują się dwaj żołnierze ONZ porwani 29 sierpnia br.