Nice map Laurent, much better than that old map which I'm sure was based on actual journeys too, it's just way out of date, that's all. It happens to all maps, even your one is not keeping up. To do so is a big commitment.
I have to say the red 'dangerous' zone is rather liberally applied. What's dangerous about northern Chad, Algeria or the Mauritanian Adrar? (Or Dagestan for that matter, at least on the coast, as Eurasia will tell you).
But as for the Lake Chad 'corridor' shown; I wouldn't fancy my chances on that one right now. Boko activity (including suicide bombings in Chad) is not neatly limited to Nigeria.
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And as for paved / unpaved... that seems a very minor technicality.
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I would not think that if I was trying to get from Dolosie to Brazza, or tackling the Lumbumbashi track in the wet on a GS12 on Anakees. While it lasts, it makes a huge difference to accessibility in equatorial Africa, just as it did in the Sahara, or even rural Morocco.
Here are some other updates for the interactive map; a good one on which to base the proposed communal HUBB effort:
• the once notorious Ekok to Mamfe (Cam) now all new tar
• same from Oyo up to Ouesso and Sembe (Brazza)
• and up to Moyale (Kenya) now or very soon. (Watch the Ohlins and Showa shares tumble.)
• No ferries from Turkey to Egypt afaik,
• The 'Greek' route in SW DRC via Kapanga and Kolwezi is said to be less hassle than the well known Kamina one (see my map 2, above)
Plenty more I'm sure. It's a never ending task ;-)