Gambia's long-term leader, Yahya Jammeh, says he will step down, after refusing to accept defeat in elections.
In a televised announcement, he said it was not necessary that a single drop of blood be shed.
The statement followed hours of talks between Jammeh and West African mediators, though he gave no details of what the deal struck.
His decision to quit came after talks with the presidents of Guinea and Mauritania.
Jammeh was defeated in December's election and his successor as President Adama Barrow has been inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal.
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