JOHANNESBURG — As tensions build in Congo over the delay in announcing the election results, actor Ryan Gosling and activists with whom he has published a book about the Central African country, urged officials to announce a credible winner. Gosling took photos in Congo that illustrate the book “Congo Stories,” published last month with text written by activist John Prendergast and other Congo analysts. Commenting on the edgy situation in Congo, Prendergast, joined calls for accurate results of the polling. “The momentary choices that we make as consumers can have lifelong consequences for the people of the countries from which those products are sourced,” wrote Gosling. “Congo also needs international help in the form of sanctions against the leading smugglers of conflict gold, which has become the largest funder of armed groups in eastern Congo.

Source: National Post January 07, 2019 14:48 UTC