Sudan releases activists involved in anti-coup demonstrations.
The junta's recent actions are intended to pave the door for face-to-face negotiations with civilian groups, according to Gen Burhan.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Sudanese authorities have released 125 political detainees following the lifting of the state of emergency by the country's military leader on Sunday.
According to the private Sudan Tribune website, citing a Sudanese lawyers' group, they were leaders of the Resistance Committees that fought the military takeover after months of arbitrary confinement.
The activists were released from jails in Khartoum, Port Sudan, and Rabak, all in Sudan's south-eastern region.
After gaining power in a military coup last October, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan abolished the state of emergency he had established across the country.
Anti-military protests have been led by resistance committees, which are grassroots organizations.
Since the coup, large-scale street rallies demanding for the military to leave politics have occurred regularly recent actions are intended to pave the door for face-to-face negotiations with civilian groups, according to Gen Burhan.
Despite boycotts by important factions, the UN-led intra-Sudanese indirect discussions to end the situation are still going on.
