Gambia's Jammeh to step down, leave country: advisor to new president

DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, who lost a December election but refused to recognize the result, has agreed to step down and go into exile, a close advisor to new President Adama Barrow told Reuters. Mai Ahmad Fatty was shown a tweet from a Twitter account purported to belong to Barrow stating that Jammeh had agreed to the deal and was asked if it was authentic. "That is correct," he said. (Reporting by Emma Farge; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Janet Lawrence)