Many people from the north of Ghana travel to the wealthier south, seeking a brighter future.
But as Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reports, their dreams are rarely fufillied.
Some girls earn their living by carrying goods on their heads in markets, but pay is low and living conditions harsh.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"