Kinshasa, November 15th, 2026 (CPA).- The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) now has financial traceability for US$820 million allocated to the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its General Director has announced on Sunday during a briefing marking six months since the disease was declared.
“We have received pledges from donors totalling around US$2.9 billion. Of this $2.9 billion, around $1.2 billion has already been disbursed or is in the process of being disbursed, and we have visibility over approximately $820 million,” Dr Jean Kaseya has declared, adding that this amount includes funds already spent on the ground as well as available balances.
“There is a portion that has not yet been used, and it is this portion that will be the subject of a meeting to be held in a few days’ time between the government and its partners to align the latter with the government’s key objectives,” he has continued, welcoming the fact that “Africa CDC’s voice has been heard” to help “set the record straight”.
According to Dr Kaseya, it is not normal for a government to tackle epidemics and draw up a plan that enables various partners to mobilise resources, yet for those partners not even to provide information to the authorities.
“We are very clear: we are not saying that these partners must hand over their money to the government, but that they must provide the information so that we can coordinate our efforts,” he has emphasised, adding that his organisation had to speak out to obtain this crucial data.
This announcement follows an earlier warning issued after a meeting with the Congolese authorities, who at the time were only aware of $260 million out of the $960 million disbursed by donors, leaving $700 million unaccounted for. ACP/