US lifts Ethiopia-related sanctions as national emergency expires

OFAC has removed designated individuals and entities from sanctions lists and amended a license covering a possible Lukoil asset sale, following the expiration of the national emergency that underpinned the measures. The move signals a normalization of US-Ethiopia relations after the Tigray conflict, though the Lukoil amendment suggests a separate energy-related adjustment. The full scope of delistings and implications for remaining restrictions remain unclear.