Over 3M people have benefited from humanitarian aid distributed in region, says government Addis Getachew | 24.02.2021 File photo - Units of Ethiopian army patrol the streets of capital Addis Ababa on November 26, 2020 after the last bastion of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the city of Mekele and its surroundings, came under attack by the Ethiopian army. Fears of a surge in refugee numbers are mounting as the operations continued after a 72-hour government ultimatum expired for the TPLF leadership to surrender. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia on Wednesday said scores of international humanitarian agencies were given access to Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost region, where a military operation against rebels has left millions in need of emergency assistance.