Africa CDC probes missing millions meant for ebola response

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya speaks during an interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday, June 19, 2026 - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Ebola virus The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is demanding accountability for more than $700 million in funding intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after a verification exercise failed to trace the money to the structures carrying out the response on the ground. Speaking at a press conference in Kinshasa on Wednesday, October 14, Africa CDC Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya denounced what he described as a lack of transparency in tracking funds disbursed by international partners. According to Kaseya, donors say they disbursed $962 million to implementing partners. But a joint verification exercise with Congolese health authorities could only trace slightly more than $200 million to the structures actually involved in the Ebola response. That leaves more than $700 million whose exact destination remains difficult to establish. Kaseya says a joint verification exercise with Congolese health authorities revealed the gap. Fewer than 30 percent of implementing partners showed up to account for the money. The revelations reignite long-standing concerns about transparency and accountability in the management of international funding for health emergencies in the DRC, a country that has faced several major epidemics over the past decades, including repeated Ebola outbreaks. You may also like