A French hostage, a French citizen has been kidnapped in Mali. It raises the number of French hostages in the country to seven. On Wednesday, French President Francois Hollande confirmed media reports that a French national was kidnapped in southwestern Mali. He said the area is not the most dangerous in the nation. Al-Qaeda linked Islamists militants have taken over northern Mali. France has been calling for foreign military action to expel them. Reports Wednesday said the French man was kidnapped near the city of Kayes. He was taken shortly after he crossed Somali by car from neighboring Mauritania.