I was Never Exiled by the Jammeh Regime-Cherno Kebbeh Rebuffs Mathew Jallow’s Petition Letter

Dear Editor,

I write to express my disappointment at a story captioned “Mathew K. Jallow Sends Open Protest Letter to ECOWAS Chief” authored by Mathew K. Jallow on June 25, 2009 that was posted on a number of online blogs. My name “Cherno Kebbeh” is listed as one the Gambian journalists exiled by the Jammeh government between 1994 and 2009. This is absolutely wrong.

 I was a reporter for The Point Newspaper between 1993 and 1996 and at the same time attending Nusrat high School. I resigned from the Point to come to the US at my own will.

I was neither exiled nor did I have any trouble with the Jammeh regime. I am a citizen of both The Gambia and the US and have visited The Gambia on numerous occasions – as recently as 2008.

Please publish this e-mail ASAP so as to clarify this issue.

Best Regards     

Cherno Kebbeh