Sudanese military council releases 235 prisoners On the first day of renewed talks, the Sudanese transitional military council releases a group of 235 fighters from the Sudan Liberation Army, a rebel group fighting government forces in war-torn Darfur that is part of the protest movement. The conflict in Darfur had erupted in 2003 after ethnic minority rebels took up arms against Bashir's Arab-dominated government, accusing it of economic and politically marginalising the region. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES