Kammala wannan jumla: Ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a gasar zakarun duniya na matasa a shekarar 1998, inda ya zo na uku a tseren mita 5000. Duk da haka daga baya aka kore shi lokacin da aka tabbatar da cewa yana da shekaru 24 a lokacin da ya yi gasa a gasar zakarun Turai. Matsakaicin iyakar shekaru don gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF Junior ita ce shekaru 19. A gasar tseren tseren ƙasa ta 1999 IAAF ta Duniya ya kasance na goma sha biyar a tseren gajeren maza, yana taimakawa Maroko zuwa lambar azurfa ta ƙungiyar. Ya lashe lambar zinare na mita 10,000 a 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie sannan kuma ya lashe lambar tagulla a wannan taron a Wasannin 2001 na Bahar Rum. Bai yi gasa a manyan gasa ba a shekarar 2002 kuma a lokacin da ya dawo kasa da kasa ya kasance na goma sha biyar a cikin gajeren tsere a gasar cin kofin duniya a shekara ta 2002.
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, wannan lokacin yana ɗaukar tagulla na ƙungiyar.