On 6 April , the junta agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) negotiators that they would step down Change_of_leadership from power in return for the end Process_end of sanctions Legality , giving Giving power to a transitional government led by parliament speaker Dioncounda Traoré .

The conflict Hostile_encounter killed Killing about 250,000 people and eventually led to Causation the involvement Participation of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) and of the United Nations .