Hi all. First post here so excuse me if I’m doing anything wrong!

A friend and I have been driving through West Africa in our UK registered, 20 year old diesel estate. It is RHD (which I’ve heard can be an issue). We are presently in Senegal, and planned to visit Gambia before driving back to the UK. I have read various threads about this topic, but information varies drastically, and most are from 15+ years ago.

Our plan was always to drive back though, now, due to various reasons, we could be tempted to sell the car in the Gambia and fly home (if it’s relatively easy and cheap). Can anyone here shed light on whether this is possible/how it is done? Perhaps someone has done similarly in recent years?

We had about 15 offers from people wanting to buy the car at the Western Sahara/Mauritania border, though we were unsure about both the legalities and legitimacy, plus we needed the car to continue anyhow. Is selling in Mauritania easier?

Also some advice from a Brit as to what this could mean in the U.K. in terms of the DVLA etc. I sold a car for export years ago, but all I had to do was write ‘CYPRUS’ on the relevant section of the V5 and send it off to the DVLA. I assume the men I sold it to sorted out duties etc. as I heard nothing again.

Many thanks