The Free Sudan Gazette: A Declaration of Information Sovereignty

The Revolution endures through the people

 

We are the Free Sudan Gazette. This name is a deliberate act of decolonization.

The original Sudan Gazette was established in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian colonial authority. It was not a newspaper for the people; it was the official bulletin of the colonial state—a tool to announce laws, decrees, and propaganda designed to consolidate foreign control and suppress indigenous voices. For decades, this “Gazette” represented the monopoly of truth by the powerful.

We are reclaiming that name. We seize this instrument of authority and transform it into a platform of popular sovereignty. Our “Gazette” is Free—liberated from state control, foreign agendas, and the grip of warlords. It is free in its ownership by the people’s struggle, free in its access, and free in its purpose: to serve the Sudanese people, not to rule them.

Our Political Roots: Forged in Struggle

Our project is not new; it is the latest front in a long war of resistance. We are born from the centuries-long struggle of the Sudanese people against tyranny—from the Mahdist revolution against Turco-Egyptian rule, to the organized defiance of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, to the intifadas that toppled military dictators, and culminating in the great December 2018 Revolution.

This legacy of resistance has been met, time and again, by a consistent tactic: the weaponization of information. Colonial powers used their gazette to legitimize plunder. Successive post-colonial regimes, having inherited the state’s oppressive machinery, perfected the art of the media blackout and the propaganda barrage to sow division, erase dissent, and cloak their crimes.

The Free Sudan Gazette is our direct answer. We are a platform conceived not in an office, but in the sit-ins, the neighbourhood resistance committees, and the diaspora’s longing for home. We are committed to the revolutionary charter and the unwavering demand for a civil, democratic state where power and resources belong to the people.

Our Foundation: Independence by Principle

To protect our integrity, we are independently funded and volunteer-run. By consciously refusing corporate or elite funding, we ensure our journalistic independence is never compromised. This model is not one of scarcity, but of integrity—it reinforces our foundational commitment to the people of Sudan and to the principles of the revolutionary charter. Every person on our team is driven by this shared goal: a liberated Sudan.

Our Mission: To Break the Siege on Truth

We are an independent, open-source, and alternative multimedia platform. Our mission is to confront the two-headed beast of oppression: media propaganda and media blackout.

While warlords and oppressors silence and distort, we amplify and clarify. We go beyond reporting to investigate, research, and document the full spectrum of Sudanese life—the political upheavals, the social transformations, and the cultural resilience of our people at home and abroad.

Our strategic objective is to arm the masses with real information. We are not neutral observers; we are active participants in the fight for our nation’s narrative.

Our Method: The People’s Network

*  Ground Truth: We rely on a decentralized network of correspondents, writers, and journalists embedded within Sudan, in neighbouring countries, and across the global diaspora.

*   Accessible Journalism: We translate complex realities into clear, interactive, and useful journalistic material, employing all forms of modern media to ensure our work is seen, heard, and understood by all.

*   A Bridge of Solidarity: As a bilingual Arabic and English platform, we connect the lived reality inside Sudan to the circles of power and solidarity abroad, ensuring our story is told by us, for us, and to the world.

Our Vision: The Future We Are Shaping

We envision the Sudan our martyrs dreamed of: a nation where information flows as freely as the Nile, where every voice is heard, and where the people are the authors of their own destiny. We are building the archives of our revolution and the foundation of an informed, empowered, and just society.

Join the Reclamation

This Gazette is yours. We call on every journalist, researcher, artist, technologist, and every Sudanese citizen who believes that truth is the bedrock of freedom. Contribute your testimony, your skills, your voice, and your support.

This is more than the media platform. It is a project of resistance. Together, we will write the first draft of a free Sudan’s history.