FCDO updates Ethiopia travel advice: all travel banned in multiple regions

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) updated its Ethiopia travel advice on 25 September 2026, adding new information on health screening on arrival, updating conflict and violence guidance, and removing content on elections and the Danakil desert. The FCDO advises against all travel to Tigray, Amhara and Gambela regions, and against all but essential travel to parts of Afar, Oromia, Somali and Benishangul-Gumuz regions. All civilian flights to and from Tigray were suspended on 22 September 2026, and flights to and from northern Ethiopia could be suspended or cancelled at short notice.