Musi waJanuary 28, 2008, pakurwiswa kwainzi kwakarongwa negurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kweSudan Abd-er-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, Nouri nevamwe vake vakabuda muSudan nemasoja zviuru zviviri vakatasva mapikicha mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu. Musi waFebruary 1 vakabudirira kukurira paMassaguet kurwisa kwehurumende, vachipinda zuva rakatevera guta guru reChad
. Pashure pemazuva maviri okurwa kwakasimba uko kwakasiya mazana afa vapanduki vakadzokera shure pana February 3 vachidana nokuda kwokuwedzera. Izvi zvakapindirwa uye kukundwa neDéby's Sudanese mubatsiri, iyo Justice uye Equality Movement (JEM), nokudaro kumanikidza vapanduki kuti vasiye zvachose uye vakatamira kuMongo pakati peChad kuti vaunganidzezve.