 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1972, mutungamiri weLibya Muammar Gaddafi akanzwa kuti Jaafar Nimeiry weSudan akanga atengesa nyaya yeArabhu nekusaina Chibvumirano cheAddis Ababa cha1972 chakagumisa hondo yekutanga yevagari vemuSudan. Akagadzira hwaro paMatan as-Sarra yekuchengetera zvombo uye senzvimbo yekumisikidza yevapanduki veSudanese, avo vakadzidziswa kumabhesi muJoudaim neMasar Ras padyo neTripoli. Muna July 1976, vateveri vane chiuru vomutungamiri weSudan anopikisa Sadiq al-Mahdi vakasiya oasis ndokupinda muKhartoum pashure pokuyambuka kuchamhembe kweDarfur neKordofan. Mauto aAl-Mahdi akakundwa chete pashure pokunge battalion yematangi yapinda muguta racho pashure pemazuva matatu okurwa zvine simba. 