El Niño warning for Djibouti and the Horn: UNICEF says more than 162 million children across Eastern and Southern Africa are at risk from intensifying 2026–2027 El Niño, with drought, extreme heat, and flooding threatening nutrition, health, safe water and sanitation, and already-stretched health services; UNICEF flags Djibouti among the countries needing urgent anticipatory action. Climate early action for the region: IGAD’s October–December 2026 rainfall outlook urges governments and humanitarian partners to prepare for wetter-than-normal conditions that could raise risks to agriculture, livestock, food security, and public health across parts of the Greater Horn. Field hospital care in Somalia (with Djibouti links): AUSSOM’s Mogadishu field hospital continues treating both civilians and regional personnel, with Lt. Dr. Victoria Namagga leading medical work for an AUSSOM Uganda battle group that supports staff from countries including Djibouti. Health supply strain in Yemen (spillover concern): Yemen’s Republican Teaching Hospital Authority warns that the Saudi blockade and airport closure are delaying and spoiling medicines—sometimes rerouted via Djibouti—worsening shortages of anesthetics and emergency drugs for chronic patients. Oral health and khat: A Yemen clinic-pathology study links habitual khat chewing with oral reactive hyperplastic lesions, pointing to irritation-related oral risks.