As fighting along the West Coast of Yemen continues, new displacement within Yemen has sharply increased with some people fleeing the country altogether. Since 10 September 2026, Djibouti has faced a growing influx of people, the majority women and children, fleeing the escalating conflict in Yemen. As of 16 September, the government registered a total of 2,776 new arrivals on the northern coast, Obock region. These new arrivals already represent more than 9 per cent of Obock town's resident population. There are concerns that the available essential services for the host community may soon be overstretched unless there is additional support to strengthen local response capacities. 

While disaggregated data remains limited at this stage, displaced women and girls face heightened sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and protection risks. Medical staff at the Markazi site have already recorded four births among the newly arrived population within 48 hours and identified another two pregnant women.

UNFPA is supporting the nationally led response alongside Djibouti's national government agency for refugee assistance and disaster relief (ONARS), UNHCR, UNICEF, ICRC and the Djiboutian Red Crescent. As a key actor in sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence, UNFPA provided the Obock Medical-Hospital Center (CMH) with RH supplies for safe delivery, family planning commodities, and other essential medicines to address infections and maternal micronutrient deficiencies, along with 100 dignity kits, and is scaling up its response.