Francis,
Just back from Chad (superb & problem free trip to the Ennedi), can confirm everything in my previous post is valid. Ounianga-Kufra route firmly closed, only route left open is the one to the west of Tibesti. That seems to be in regular use, we saw many Libyan trucks in Kalait and Abeche.
Authorisation de Circuler is taken very seriously, many checkpoints due to BH threat, fast & friendly if papers in order but no go without them.
The issue with Kufra is not bandits along the way, but the problem of the ongoing squabbles (on occasion involving RPG-s and similar compelling arguments) between the Tibou who control the area up to Kufra and the Zuweya at Kufra and beyond. It is a dead end even if you could get there.
To my understanding with the civil war in CAR an BH around Lake Chad, the only overland access to Chad is from Cameroon, and possibly to/from Libya on the western route.
Contact me via my website for more info and local contacts who might be able to help.
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