 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga yeSudan, Tanginye akabatana neboka reAnyanya. Tanginye haana kufarira Chibvumirano cheAddis Ababa chakagumisa hondo yevagari vemo muna 1972, saka akabatana neNuer Anyanya II. Muna 1984, iye nevamwe vatungamiri veAnyanya II vakabatana nehurumende yeSudan kuitira kuti varwe neDinka Sudan Peoples Liberation Army. Nepo nhamba huru yeAnyanya II yakabatana neSPLA munenge muna 1988, Tanginye nemauto ake vakaramba vakabatana nehurumende. Tanginye nemauto ake vakabatana neboka reSPLA-Nasir mushure mekunge rapatsanuka kubva kuSPLA muna 1991. Tanginye yakava chikamu cheSouth Sudan Defence Forces sechikamu cheKhartoum Peace Agreement ya1997. Pashure pokunge Lam Akol apanduka muna October 2003, hurumende yeSudan yaitya kurasikirwa nenharaunda yeUpper Nile. Vakapa mauto aTanginye zvikepe, marori, pfuti, uye zvombo, izvo zvakashandiswa naTanginye mumushandirapamwe muWestern Nile State yemazuva ano muna 2004 yakagadzirirwa kubvisa nzvimbo yeSPLA rutsigiro. Mushandirapamwe wacho wakauraya mazana uye wakaita kuti makumi ezviuru zvevagari vemo vasiye misha yavo kuburikidza nokushandisa kwawakaita kupisa uye kupamba misha. Tanginye akaitwa mukuru mukuru wemauto eSudanese Armed Forces muna 2004. Kusiyana nevakawanda vevamiriri veSudan avo vakabatanidzwa muSPLA, Tanginye haana kusaina Chiziviso cheJuba chaJanuary 8, 2006. Zvisinei, Brig. John Both akabatanidzwa muSPLA uye akatora anenge 70 muzana yesimba raTanginye naye, achisiya masimba akasara achifungidzirwa kuti ari pasi pe500. 