 VaMugabe vanotiwo VaMugabe vakapawo chiziviso chekuti mapurisa eSouth Kivu achange achisunga vanhu kuti vapinde muhurumende. Bol akagadzwa kuva Commander wechipiri, uye Bany wechitatu. Pakazosvika June 1983, vazhinjisa vavapanduki vakanga vatamira kuEthiopia kana kuti vakanga vari munzira. Chisarudzo chehurumende yeEthiopia kutsigira SPLA yakanga ichangobuda yaiva nzira yokutsiva hurumende yeSudan nokuda kwekutsigira kwayo vapanduki veEritrea. 