Gambia's Yahya Jammeh 'to quit and leave

The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh 'to quit and leave'

The Gambia's leader Yahya Jammeh is to step down and leave the country, officials involved in negotiations say
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West African mediators spent several hours with Mr Jammeh on Friday, negotiating his future. The motorcade carrying the presidents of Guinea and Mauritania has left the official residence, but they are not thought to have left the country.

A tweet from an account believed to belong to the new president, saying that Mr Jammeh had agreed to step down and go into exile, has since been deleted.

But Mai Fatty, a senior aide to the new president, told the BBC's Umaru Fofana that Mr Jammeh had agreed to step down.