How long does it take to run across Africa? The Brit has completed an incredible marathon

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Already in South Africa, he managed to convince two men not to rob him, what’s more, he asked his team to take one of these would-be thugs home. After two days in Angola, he encountered even more unforgiving lads, and armed robbers robbed him and his entire support team of money, cameras, phones, passports and visas. Other hiccups included, for example, getting lost in the jungle, but later having to slow down a bit in Nigeria due to back pain, missing two days of the race. In the final part of the run, he was not allowed to enter Algeria from Mauritania due to lack of a visa. “If we don’t get the visas, it’s over,” he admitted at the time. Cook’s plea for help, posted on social microblogging site X, was viewed by 11 million people, even attracting the attention of X owner Elon Musk, several British MPs and the Home Office. This worked well and the problem was resolved with the help of the British Embassy in Algeria. Since most of Algeria is desert, Cook ran at night to avoid heatstroke.