Regional Health Security: IGAD launched the $31.9 million PREPARE project to strengthen pandemic preparedness across Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, with WHO leading implementation and IFRC delivering support, focusing on cross-border early warning, lab capacity, and trained emergency workforces. Digital Healthcare Push: Ethiopia says it wants to turn medical tourism into a growth engine by upgrading tertiary care and using AI-driven diagnostics, pointing to expanded capacity at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College and a broader “Digital Ethiopia 2025” push. Maritime Tech & Security: India is joining a new intelligence-sharing maritime surveillance effort with the U.S., Japan and Australia, aimed at boosting monitoring across the Indian Ocean as regional naval competition intensifies. Djibouti Energy Infrastructure: Salaam Group-linked Fuelstor has started building a $160 million fuel and logistics terminal in Damerjog, targeting large-scale storage and redistribution of fuel, LPG and edible oil for East Africa and the Horn. Public Health Partnerships: Gilead renewed its WHO collaboration to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), including donations of 400,000+ vials of AmBisome and added support for East Africa, including Djibouti.