Through Central Africa??

[OverAfrica2010]

hello to all,

I have been looking through HU for a little while and found a lot of great info but I can't find an answer to our route problem.

Our trip will take us (3 vehicles) from the UK to SA over the space of 6 months where we will be filming throughout. Our African leg will start on the west coast and will head over to the east coast. The problem area of the trip is that we need to get from Cameroon to Kenya.
I have looked up on a couple of websites that they go through Nigeria, Chad , Ethiopia and then down to Kenya.
Is this a plausible route? As this company in the past has had troubles making that route and has had to make a diversion below the troubled countries (CAR, DRC) and go via Angola, Zambia, Tanzania and then up to Kenya which would then mean doubling up on the route to go back down to SA.
Does anyone know a set route or is it subject to change depending on what the social climate is in these countries at the time?

Thanks for your time


Martin