text: [{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Ethiopian immigrants \u2018walked for nine months\u2019 to Zimbabwe"}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Brothers fighting brothers: Poor border demarcation developed into military conflict and full-scale war in the late 1990s in which tens of thousands of people were killed. Despite the official cessation of hostilities in 2000, Ethiopia and Eritrea continued their war through proxies. Photo/FILE AFP"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Twelve Ethiopian illegal immigrants walked for nine months to Zimbabwe to escape religious tensions in the Horn of Africa nation, a court was told on Monday."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "On Friday, they were sentenced to three months in prison, which was wholly suspended for five years on condition they do not remain in Zimbabwe without proper documentation."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "\u201cI walked for nine months to Zimbabwe because of religious tensions in my country. I was hoping to get peace and job opportunities,\u201d one of them said."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "\u201cMy parents were killed while I watched and they burnt our farm which was our only means of survival. We came here seeking asylum because life had become difficult in Ethiopia."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "According to the magistrate Abedinico Ndebele, it would be a waste of money to fine the immigrants as they had no money."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "\u201cThis court understands that there is instability in your country and that most of you are young people who entered Zimbabwe for the first time,\u201d Mr Ndebele said."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "Last week, an Ethiopian pilot was arrested in Geneva after he hijacked the plane in a plot to get asylum. (READ: Ethiopian plane hijacker \u2018was co-pilot\u2019)"}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "The man told police he \u201cfelt threatened in Ethiopia and wants to seek asylum in Switzerland.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000035", "text": "kokeet: me faakii isaa but erga...\nAbdisa: Atiyyuu seenaa dhugaa barreessitee hin jirtu seenaan dhugaa jallifamee hin barre..."}]