Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Kifle i Adi Billai i te Rohe o Debub o Eritrea. I puta tuatahi ia mo Eritrea i te 21 o ona tau, i rere i te 3000 mita i te 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. I mutu ia i te tūranga whakamutunga, ā, neke atu i te rua tekau hēkona i muri i te toenga o ngā kaihaerere. Ko tana whakataetae ao tuatahi i te ao i muri mai i taua tau ka rere ia i nga wera o te 5000 mita i te 1999 World Championships i Athletics i Seville. I te tau 2000 i noho ia ki te 61 o nga tau i te
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a i hanga e ia tana tuatahi Olympic ki te mahi i roto i te wera o te 10,000 mita i te 2000 Sydney Olympics. I tiimata ia ki te whakapai ake mai i te tau 2002 ki muri: ko ia te tuawaru i te whakataetae roa i te 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, tuawha i te 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships me te waa 1:01:05 haora, a i te tuaono i runga i te 5000 m i te 2002 African Championships in Athletics. I toa ano ia i te Cursa de Bombers 10K i Spain i taua tau.