The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the release of Ebenezer Viwami editor of Alerte Info an independent news agency based in Abidjan the capital. Viwami was arrested last Saturday for allegedly publishing false news on a riot that sparked the very at the prison in Abidjan. "This arrest looks contradictory with the promise of President Laurent Gbagbo not to jail journalists for libel" said Gabriel Baglo the Director of IFJ Africa office. The IFJ calls for the immediate release of Ebenezer Viwami.