Over 3.3 mln people in Ethiopia's Tigray receive humanitarian aid since October: UN

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- More than 3.3 million people in Ethiopia's conflict-affected northernmost Tigray region have received humanitarian aid since early October, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The OCHA, in its latest Ethiopia situation update issued Thursday, said humanitarian partners have assisted more than 3.3 million people, constituting 61 percent of the total planned caseload of 5.4 million people in Tigray under the second round of food distribution, which was launched in early October and continued as of the end of December.