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Ethiopia

Overall Country Risk Rating

Travel Warning

Affected Areas: Addis Ababa

Regional

Travel Restriction

Affected Areas:  Entire country except Travel Warning areas (i.e. Addis Ababa)

Important: Requires Crisis24 pre-approval for Tigray Region in order to be eligible for political and natural disaster evacuation coverage. (See details below and on the U-M Crisis24 page.)

 

Last Updated: June 8, 2026

Student Eligibility & Requirements

Ethiopia currently has a U-M Travel Warning risk rating, with specific regions having a U-M Regional Travel Restriction risk rating.

  1. Determine whether the cities or locations you visit are within a Travel Warning area or within a Regional Travel Restriction area.
  2. For cities or locations within a Travel Warning area:
  1. For cities or locations within a Travel Restriction area:
    • Undergraduate students are prohibited from traveling to a Travel Restriction destination for UMRT.
    • Graduate students on UMRT are eligible to travel to this location after completing the following requirements:
      1. Register your travel with U-M (For students who applied for their program through M-Compass, your program application is your travel registration.)
      2. For individual travel abroad, submit an Individual Safety Plan at least 6 weeks before departure.  (See Travel Health Plan & Safety Plan Process for details.)
        • For travel to Tigray Region, ITOC will forward your completed Safety Plan to Crisis24 to serve as the pre-approval request. Travel that is not approved by the assistance provider will not be eligible for political evacuation or natural disaster evacuation coverage.
        • For students participating in Group Travel Abroad, your group leader will submit a “Group Safety Plan” on behalf of the participants; meaning individual students do NOT need to submit an Individual Safety Plan. (See Group Travel Requirements for details.) 
      3. Enroll in U-M Travel Abroad Health Insurance for the travel duration. 
      4. Follow college/unit-specific travel approval steps, if any.

*Note: There is a possibility that Crisis24 denies an evacuation coverage request. U-M discourages travel abroad without evacuation coverage. If you choose to travel abroad without evacuation coverage, U-M cannot provide evacuation support. If you choose to travel without evacuation coverage while on UMRT, you must follow the pre-approval process outlined in the “Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Traveling with No Evacuation Coverage on UMRT” section of the Crisis24 page.

Faculty & Staff Requirements

  1. Register your travel with U-M 
  2. For travel to Tigray Region, complete the Crisis24 Predeparture Disclosure Request Form and send the completed form to [email protected].
    • Crisis24, U-M’s evacuation assistance provider for Political Evacuation and Natural Disaster coverage, will notify the traveler whether the request is approved or denied. Travel that is not approved by the assistance provider will not be eligible for political evacuation or natural disaster evacuation coverage.
  3. Current U-M Faculty and Staff on U-M related travel abroad are automatically covered under U-M Travel Abroad Health Insurance for the travel duration. 

*Note: There is a possibility that Crisis24 denies an evacuation coverage request. U-M discourages travel abroad without evacuation coverage. If you choose to travel abroad without evacuation coverage, U-M cannot provide evacuation support. If you choose to travel without evacuation coverage while on UMRT, you must follow the pre-approval process outlined in the “Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Traveling with No Evacuation Coverage on UMRT” section of the Crisis24 page.

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