Suriname: Suriname’s relatively new government is moving to fulfill a pre-election promise to reorganize the country’s chaotic gold sector by demanding that thousands of wildcat miners register with authorities, adhere to new safety and environmental standards and be prepared to pay taxes, many for the very first time. Comment.

New York: Dr. Maulana Karenga because of weather conditions in New York City, was unable to present his yearly Kwanzaa lecture will return to Brooklyn on Friday, January 7th to lecture. Comment.