MOMBASA, Kenya - As the sun rose over this Indian Ocean port yesterday, Francis Kuria eased his tractor-trailer onto the Trans-African Highway with a load of 32 tons of sorghum, a gift from the taxpayers of the United States.

Andrew Maykuth, The Inquirer's Johannesburg bureau chief, and photographer Michael Wirtz journeyed through East Africa, accompanying a food aid truck into rebel-held territory in Sudan. Their odyssey through Kenya and Uganda into Sudan is chronicled here in articles, photos, and multimedia presentations. Q & A with Maykuth and Wirtz Read some of their e-mail from the trek Technology behind the trek About this odyssey and the team behind it