Tigrayan rebels announced Tuesday that they have withdrawn from a region neighbouring war-wracked Tigray, fulfilling a key condition set by the government when it declared a humanitarian truce last month. The claims could not be independently verified and government officials did not respond immediately to AFP requests for comment. The 17-month conflict between government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has sparked famine fears in Tigray and created a humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia as the fighting has expanded to neighbouring Amhara and Afar. The withdrawal of …