courtesy: BBC News. Haruna. Allez-y mes amis.



Germans seized by gunmen in Nigeria are freed


Two German men seized by gunmen while swimming in a  Nigerian river have
been freed after six days.
The men, aged 45 and 55, were kidnapped on April 18 in the  oil-producing
south east of the country.
"Both our German countrymen are safe and sound and again free,"  Germany's
foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in a statement.
Dozens of foreigners have ben kidnapped in the Niger Delta, which is  home
to Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.
The men were abducted in Abia state after going swimming in the Imo  River.

Referring to the oil city capital of neighbouring Rivers State, Mr
Westerwelle added: "They are doing well and are in safe hands in Port  Harcourt."
The abduction is the second of foreign workers in Nigeria in the last  10
days. No group has said it carried out the latest  kidnapping.


¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html

To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤