- Tariffs charged at border points increase transportation costs.
- There is long distance between the two parts which would take a long time.
- Some parts of the highway are impassable during the wet season.
- There are civic wars / banditry along the way eg DRC.
- There are political differences and hostilities between some countries through which the highway
passes.
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