 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma 1890, maBritish akatsvaga kudzorera kutonga kwavo pamusoro peSudan, zvakare zviri pamutemo muzita reEgyptian Khedive, asi muchokwadi vachibata nyika seBritish koloni. Pakutanga kwema1890, nyika dzeBritain, France, neBelgium dzakanga dzataura kuti dzaida kuva pasi peNire. Britain yaitya kuti mamwe masimba aizoshandisa kusagadzikana kweSudan kuti awane nzvimbo yakanga yambowedzerwa kuIjipiti. Kunze kwezvikonzero zvematongerwe enyika izvi, Britain yaida kudzora rwizi rwaNire kuti ichengetedze dhamu rokudiridza rairongwa kuAswân. Herbert Kitchener akatungamirira hondo dzokurwisa Mahdist Sudan kubva muna 1896 kusvika muna 1898. Hondo dzaKitchener dzakapedzisira nekukunda kukuru muHondo yeOmdurmanmusi waSeptember 2, 1898. 