The objective Aiming of the invasion Attack was to topple Change_of_leadership Colonel Mohamed Bacar 's leadership in Anjouan , an island in the Union of Comoros , when he refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to step down Change_of_leadership after a disputed 2007 election Change_of_leadership , in defiance Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the federal government and the AU .

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 .