TAH 5

The Trans-African Highway 5, also known as Dakar-N'Djamena Highway or Trans-Sahel Highway connects Dakar in Senegal with N'Djamena in Chad. Most of the road is completely paved, except for a 775 km long part in western Mali, but in many parts the pavement is in a poor condition.

Course of the road

Senegal

• Dakar
• Tambacounda (462 km pavement, 315 km in poor condition)

Mali

• Bamako (there are two options)
  • Option 1: a shorter route in the south via Saraya and Kita, 825 km, about 300 km pavement in good condition, 345 km still under contruction and 180 km muddy road
  • Option 2: the longer route (910 km) via Kayes, Diéma and Didjeni
• Sikasso via Bougouni, 374 km, paved, good condition;

Burkina Faso

• Koloko 50 km muddy road in bad condition
• Bobo-Dioulasso (paved, good)
• Ouagadougou (paved, good)
• Koupéla (paved, good)
• Fada N’Gourma (paved, good)

Niger

• Niamey (paved, ?)
• Dosso (paved , ?)
• Dogondoutchi (paved , ?)
• Birni N'Konni (paved , ?)
• Maradi (paved , ?)
• Jibiya (paved , ?)

Nigeria

• Katsina (paved , ok)
• Kano (paved , ok)
• Kari (paved , ok)
• Maiduguri (paved , ok)
• Dikwa (paved , ok)

Cameroon

• Maltam, grit, not useable in the rainy season
• Kousseri (paved)

Chad

• N'Djamena

In Dakar there is a connection to the Dakar-Lagos Highway (TAH 7) and to the Cairo-Dakar Highway (TAH 1). There is also a conenction to the Trans-Sahara Highway in Kano, Nigeria and to the Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway in N'djamena, with which it will form a complete east-west crossing of the continent of 8715 km.