Abidjan

This extravaganza will take place at a hotel in Abidjan at the end of June and will be broadcast on national TV.

Wary locals still remember the impact of the unloading of toxic waste at the port of Abidjan nearly two decades ago.

Fast-forward 25 years and women carrying individually wrapped portions of the fermented cassava couscous still walk across Abidjan, Ivory Coast's biggest city, selling this now Unesco-recognised dish.

On Thursday, Ivory Coast's Security Council said it had carried out a series of raids on universities in Abidjan and the central city of Bouaké in which more than 100 machetes and grenades were seized.

Through a blend of oil sticks, acrylic paints and recycled materials like newspapers, Aboudia depicts the hardships of life in downtown Abidjan.