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Dead easy all the way, except Senegal border
We've just done the whole west coast of Africa (currently on the east coast, coming back up... sitting on the shores of Lake Malawi writing this!)
The west coast route, from Morocco to Benin, is a breeze. From Nigeria to Angola things can be a little tricky, and Namibia and South Africa are dead easy again.
For your route, in my experience you won't have any problems at all. Many people will attempt to extory money from you, but just be friendly, never loose your cool, and when they ask you for something, just say sorry, you don't have anything for them.
The only place you can definitely expect problems is the Mauritania/Senegal border. There are 2 possibilities, Rosso and Diama. Take Diama, it has far less hassle than Rosso, but that's relative! You will have to pay a fee to cross the bridge, a fee to have your passport stamped, a fee to have your carnet stamped etc... all of these are blatant extortion, but after 4 hours of discussions and attempts not to pay, we saw we were getting nowhere, and coughed up.
Good luck, hope this helps!
Steve
www.overafrica.org
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