Sudan needs assistance from the international community—and it needs it very quickly.

Ali Sheikh had to leave home with his family after being confined there for around two weeks amidst a civil war in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

A violent conflict is currently raging in Sudan, causing people to flee the country in fear for their lives. Today's Star Special covers the ongoing situation of the conflict, which has been unfolding for the past two weeks.

Around 1,500 Bangladeshis have been stranded in Sudan amid bloody clashes. Many of them have appealed to the government to rescue them

The tragedy of the Sudanese marginalised is that the man who is posing as their champion is the ruthless leader of a band of vagabonds, who has been supremely skilful in playing the transnational military marketplace.