Both his mother, Aster Fissehatsion, and his father, Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo, were then prominent politicians and members of Eritrea's now ... in order to shield the children.

I said she could tell our children the history - that their father is from Ethiopia's Tigray region and their mother from Eritrea. I took her to vote. My wife, along with 99% of Eritreans ...

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