 Gabriel Gatwech Chan 1960 5 Ndira 2017, anowanzozivikanwa nezita remadunhurirwa rekuti Tang-Ginye kana Tanginye rinoreva pombi refu, aive Nuer uye mutungamiri mumapoka akasiyana-siyana evapanduki veNuer muSouth Sudan. General Tanginye akatungamira mauto emuganhu wekumaodzanyemba akabatana nehurumende yeKhartoum panguva yehondo yevagari vemuSudan. Nhengo dzemauto eSudan dzakavimbika kuna Gen Tang muMalakal dzakapesana neSudan Peoples Liberation Army SPLA muna 2006, kuuraya vanhu vanosvika zana nemakumi mashanu, uye muna 2009 vachityora chibvumirano cherunyararo. Muna Kubvumbi 2011, kurwisana pakati pemamiriyoni ake neSPLA mudunhu reJonglei kwakauraya vanhu vanosvika makumi mashanu nevashanu maererano nevakuru vehurumende. Munguva pfupi yakatevera, Tanginye akazvipa kumasoja eSPLA uye akaiswa muhusungwa hwepamba muJuba achimirira mhosva dzaaipomerwa. Munguva yeSouth Sudan Civil War, akabatana neSPLA-IO uye gare gare mauto aLam Akol, boka revapanduki rakabatana neJuba rainzi National Democratic Movement NDM uye akava mukuru wevashandi varo. Muna Ndira 2017 akashanyira boka rakabatana neNDM, iyo Tiger Faction New Forces, munzvimbo yeHamra kuchamhembe kweUpper Nile. Munguva yekushanya uku, maTigers akarwiswa nevarwi veSPLM-IO vanobatana nemasoja aJohn Uliny, uye Tanginye akaurayiwa pamwe nevazhinji veTigers. 