Annex I TRANS-AFRICAN HIGHWAYS NETWORK ROUTES I. INTRODUCTION Ten routes have been identified for the Trans-African Highways Network. The numbers begin with “TAH” which stands for “Trans-African Highway”. This is followed by digits 1 to 10. II. ROUTE NUMBERS AND ROUTES Table AI-1 provides the route designations (TAH route number), descriptions and approximate lengths. The designation of TAH routes could be combined with other regional route designations (e.g. TAH 4 and N1 in East Africa). The TAH routes are shown in Figure AI-1. Table AI-1: Routes designation, description and approximate Length ROUTE ROUTE LENGTH (km) NUMBER TAH 1 Cairo – Dakar 8,636 TAH 2 Algiers – Lagos 4,504 TAH 3 Tripoli – Windhoek – Cape Town 9,610 TAH 4 Cairo – Gaborone – Cape Town 8,860 TAH 5 Dakar – N’Djamena 4,500 TAH 6 N’Djamena – Djibouti 4,220 TAH 7 Dakar – Lagos 4,760 TAH 8 Lagos – Mombasa 6,260 TAH 9 Beira – Lobito 3,520 TAH 10 Djibouti – Libreville - Bata 7,000 1 Table AI-2: The itinerary for each Trans-African Highways Route Trans- Total Itinerary Road lengths (km) African Length per country Highways (km) route number TAH 1 8,636 Cairo – Alexandria - El-Alamein – Amsaad Egypt - 720 - Amsaad-Al Bayda – Benghazi – Ajdabiya Libya – 1,869 – Abugrin – Misurata – Tripoli - Ras Ajdir – Tunisia - 750 Medenine – Gabès – Skhira – Sfax – Algeria – 1,341 Msaken – Tunis - Medjez El Bab – Morocco – 2,822 Jendouba - Constantine – Sétif – Bouira – Mauritania - 773 Lakhdaria - El Afroun – Mascara - Sidi Bel Senegal - 361 Abbès –Tlemcen - OujdaOujda-Fès – Meknès – Rabat –Tanger - Rabat – Casablanca – Settat – Marrakech – Agadir –Guelmim – Laâyoune –Dakhla – Nouâdhibou – Nouakchott - Rosso Bridge - Saint Louis –Thiès – Dakar TAH 2 4,504 Algiers – Blida – Médéa – Laghouat – Algeria – 2,016 Ghardaïa - El Meniaa (El Goléa) -In Salah Niger - 655 – Tamanghasset - In Guezzam – Nigeria - 1,193 Assamaka – Arlit – Agadez – Tanaout – Zinder – Magaria- Kongolam- Daura –– Kano -Kaduna – Jebba – Ilorin - Oyo – Ibadan – Lagos TAH 3 10,808 Tripoli – Misurata – Abugrin – Wadden – Libya – 1,598 Sabha - Um al Aranib - Al Katrun – Chad - 1930 Tajarhi - Zouar - Faya (Largeau) – Cameroon – 1, 517 Moussoro –Massakori – Massaguet – CAR -482 Djermaya - N'djamena – Kousséri – Congo -1,036 Garoua – Ngaoundéré – Meidougou - DRC- 362 Garoua Boulaï – Bertoua –kenzou- Angola -2,001 Gamboula – Berberati – Salo – Bomassa Namibia -1,519 – Ouésso – Owando – Gamboma – Ngo – Brazzaville – Kinshasa - Mbanza Ngungu – Matadi - Noqui – Mepala - M'banza Congo – Negage – Lucula – Dondo - Alto Hama – Huambo – Cacula – Lubango – Ondjiva – Oshikango – Ondangwa – Oshivelo – Tsumbe – Otavi – Otjiwarongo – Okahandja – Windhoek – Rehoboth – Mariental – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – Noordoewer - Cape Town TAH 4 10,228 Cairo – Asyut – Aswan – Toshky – Arkeen Egypt – 1,140 - Wadi Halfa – Ghaba – Omdurman – Khartoum - Wad Medani – Gedaref – Sudan – 1,321 Doka – Galabat – Azèzo – Merawi - Debre Marcos – Dejen - Goha Tsiyon - Addis Ethiopia – 1,692 2 Trans- Total Itinerary Road lengths (km) African Length per country Highways (km) route number Ababa – Mojo – Awasa – Dila - Agere Maryam – Mega – moyale Kenya (Moyale Kenya - 970 – Marsabit – Isiolo – Nanyuki – Marua – Makutano – Thika –Nairobi - Athi River – Tanzania - 1,130 Namanga) - Tanzania (Namanga – Arusha – Minjingu – Babati - Dodoma – Zambia – 1,496 Iringa – Igawa – Mbeya – Tunduma) - Zimbabwe - 539 Zambia ( Nakonde – Mpika – Kapiri – Botswana - 643 Kabwe – Lusaka – Kafue – Mazabuka – Monze – Choma – Livingstone) - Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls – Bulawayo – Plumtree – Francistown – Palapye – Mahalapye – Gaborone – Lobatse – Ramatlabama – Cape Town TAH 5 4,496 Dakar - Diam Niadio – Mbour – Kaoloack Senegal - 642 – Kaffrine – Tambacounda –Kedougou – Mali – 1 ,147 Saraya – Falémé – Kéniéba – Kita – Burkina Faso - 862 Bamako – Bougouni – Sikasso – Koloko - Niger - 837 Bobo Dioulasso – Boromo – Nigeria - 972 Ouagadougou – Koupéla - Fada Ngourma Cameroon - 113 – Kantchari – Foetchango – Niamey – Chad - 7 Dosso – Dogondoutchi - Birnin N'Konni – Tsernaoua - Guidan Roumdji – Maradi – Jibiya – Katsine – Bichi – Kano – Kari – Potiskum – Damaturu – Maiduguri – Dikwa - Fotokol – Maltam – Kousséri - N'djamena TAH 6 4,219 N’djamena – Massaguet – Ngoura – Chad- 1,124 Bokoro – Mangalmé -Oum Hadjer – Sudan - 1,892 Abéché – Adre - El Geneina – Zalingei – Ethiopia – 1,056 Nyala -En Nouhud - El Obeid – Kosti – Djibouti - 219 Sennar - Wad Medani – Gedaref – Doka - Gallabat (Metema) – Azèzo – Werota – Weldiya – Dese – Kembolcha – Bati – Mille – Dobi – Galafi – Dikhil - Djibouti TAH 7 4,560 Dakar- Diam Niadio – Mbour – Kaolack – Nigeria - 90 Sokone – Karang – Karang –Barra – Benin -122 Banjul – Séléti – Diouloulou – Bignona – Togo - 65 Ziguinchor – Mpack – Bula –Safim – Ghana - 593 Bissau – Safim – Nhacra – Jugudul – Cote d’Ivoire - 779 Bambadinca – Quebo – Dabiss – Boké – Liberia - 540 Boffa – Du breka - Conakry – Coyah – Sierra Leone- 407 Forécariah – Pamelap - Port Loko – Guinea - 439 Masiaka – Freetown – Masiaka – Taiama Guinea Bissau - 377 – Bo – Bandajuma – Mano River Union Senegal - 488 Bridge – Klay – Monrovia – Kakata – 3 Trans- Total Itinerary Road lengths (km) African Length per country Highways (km) route number Totota – Gbarnga – Ganta – Tappita – Tobli – Blay – Toulepleu – Blolékin – Guiglo - Duekoué – Daloa – Yamoussoukro – Toumodi – Abidjan - Grand Bassam – Aboisso – Elubo – Axim – Sekondi Takoradi - Accra – Dawa – Sogakofe – Denu – Lomé – Hilakondji – Cotonou – Seme krake– Badagry – Lagos TAH 8 6,259 Lagos – Shagamu – Benin – Onitsha – Nigeria – 737 Enugu – Abakaliki – Ikom-Mfum- Ekok – Cameroon -1,044 Mamfé – Bamenda – Bafoussam – Foumban – Tibati – Meidougou - Garoua CAR – 1,319 Boulaï – Bouar – Baoro – Bossemptélé – Yaloké – Bossembélé – Bangui – Damara – Sibut – Bambari – Bangassou – Bondo – DRC – 1,561 Dulia – Buta – Kisangani - Nia Nia – Komanda – Beni Uganda (Kasindi – Uganda - 740 Mbarara – Kampala – Malaba) - Kenya (Malaba – Eldoret – Nakuru – Nairobi – Kenya - 1,100 Voi – Mombasa) TAH 9 3,523 Beira – Machipanda – Mutare – Harare – Mozambique - 282 Chirundu – Lusaka – Chisamba – Kabwe Zimbabwe - 655 – Kapiri – Ndola – Kitwe – Chingola – Zambia - 606 Kasumbalesa – Lubumbashi – Likasi – DRC - 863 Nguba – Kolwezi – Dilolo – Luena – Kuito Angola – 1,157 – Cachiungo - Alto Hama - Lobito TAH 10 7,600 Djibouti (Sea Port) – Ethiopian Border– Djibouti - 95 Modjo - Moyale (Kenya Border)- Moyale – Nairobi (Kenya) - Nairobi – Busia (Uganda Ethiopia – 1, 942 Border) - Busia – Kampala – Rwanda Border - Uganda Border – Kigali – Burundi Kenya - 1,200 Border - Rwanda Border – Bujumbura – DRC Border - Burundi Border – Kananga Uganda - 720 (DRC) - Kananga – Tshikapa – Kikwit (DRC) - Kikwit – Kinshasa (DRC) - Rwanda - 240 Brazzaville – Mbinda (Rep. Congo) - Mbinda – Libreville (Sea Port/ Gabon) – Burundi - 150 Kougouleu-Medouneu- Bata DRC – 3,090 Congo – 7,02 Gabon –815 Equatorial Guinea - 4 5 6 .