http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/
"Two audio statements released by Osama bin Laden since late April suggest that Al-Qaeda is taking an increasing interest in East Africa. Bin Laden identified Sudan as a natural focus for the spread of jihadist activity from Arabia and backed the recent Islamist victories in Somalia. Bin Laden on Sudan Bin Laden's 23 April statement was strongly critical of the peace agreement signed between Sudan's military-Islamist central government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in January 2005. Disregarding the non-Muslim identity of the southern Sudanese, Bin Laden stated: "Nobody, whoever he is, has the right to accede an inch of the land of Islam and the south will remain an inseparable part of the land of Islam." [Sub Required]