Child Welfare Under Strain: In N’Djamena, children as young as 10–13 are scavenging dumpsites for “adjith kilos,” selling scrap to keep families afloat as parents struggle with education costs and food shortages. Sudan Spillover at the Border: At Adre, rising returns of Chadians from Sudan—now topping 400,000—are colliding with aid funding gaps that could force UN agencies to scale back operations. Humanitarian Pressure in Eastern Chad: IOM says returnees are overwhelmingly women and children, with urgent needs for shelter, water, health care and protection in Ouaddaï, Wadi Fira and Sila. Aid Funding Crisis: AFP reports that shortages on the ground threaten continuity of support for people caught between war-driven displacement and fragile local services. MSF Accountability: Médecins Sans Frontières dismissed 18 staff in eastern Chad over sexual exploitation and abuse allegations involving Sudanese refugee women and underage girls, and says it is strengthening prevention and reporting systems. Regional Finance Outlook: The IsDB warns that conflicts and food shocks in the Sahel—explicitly including Chad—are deepening vulnerability, with hundreds of millions projected to face extreme poverty over the next decade. Health Access: Qatar Red Crescent Society helped fund and equip a dialysis unit at Al-Nahda University Hospital in N’Djamena, aiming to reduce the need for patients to travel abroad.