diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers/API-service/dto/upload-typhoon-track.dto.ts b/tests/integration/helpers/API-service/dto/upload-typhoon-track.dto.ts
index cfde082bd..d440b5811 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helpers/API-service/dto/upload-typhoon-track.dto.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers/API-service/dto/upload-typhoon-track.dto.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ export interface UploadTyphoonTrackDto {
   readonly date: Date;
 }
 
-export enum TyphoonCategory { // https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/about-tropical-cyclone
+export enum TyphoonCategory {
+  // https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/about-tropical-cyclone
   TropicalDepression = 'TD', // a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of up to 62 kilometers per hour (kph) or less than 34 nautical miles per hour (knots)
   TropicalStorm = 'TS', // a tropical cyclone with maximum wind speed of 62 to 88 kph or 34 - 47 knots
   // eslint-disable-next-line perfectionist/sort-enums
diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers/utility.helper.ts b/tests/integration/helpers/utility.helper.ts
index 026d6af1b..05a1da72a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helpers/utility.helper.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers/utility.helper.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   MalariaScenario,
   TyphoonScenario,
 } from './API-service/enum/mock-scenario.enum';
+import { UserRole } from './API-service/enum/user-role.enum';
 
 export function api(token?: string) {
   const request = agent(process.env.API_SERVICE_URL);
@@ -31,6 +32,39 @@ export async function getToken() {
   return token;
 }
 
+export async function getNonAdminToken() {
+  // First get admin token to create a non-admin user
+  const adminToken = await getToken();
+
+  const nonAdminUser = {
+    email: 'operator@redcross.nl',
+    firstName: 'Test',
+    lastName: 'Operator',
+    userRole: UserRole.Operator,
+    countryCodesISO3: ['UGA'],
+    disasterTypes: ['floods'],
+    password: 'password',
+  };
+
+  // Try to create the user (will fail if it already exists, which is fine)
+  try {
+    await api(adminToken).post('/user').send(nonAdminUser);
+  } catch (error) {
+    // User already exists, continue
+  }
+
+  // Login with the non-admin user
+  const {
+    body: {
+      user: { token },
+    },
+  } = await api()
+    .post(`/user/login`)
+    .send({ email: nonAdminUser.email, password: nonAdminUser.password });
+
+  return token;
+}
+
 export async function reset() {
   const token = await getToken();
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/all.test.ts b/tests/integration/tests/all.test.ts
index 5d307d508..9a3f40b23 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests/all.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/all.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { adminAreaDeleteTests } from './admin-areas/admin-areas-delete.test';
 import adminAreaAggregatesTests from './admin-areas/aggregates.test';
 import eventAdminAreaTests from './admin-areas/event-admin-areas.test';
 import communityNotificationTests from './community-notification/community-notification.test';
+import countryAdminAccessTests from './country/country-admin-access.test';
 import createCountryTests from './country/create-country.test';
 import emailTests from './email/emails.test';
 import getEventsTests from './events/get-events.test';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ describe('integration tests', () => {
   communityNotificationTests();
 
   createCountryTests();
+  countryAdminAccessTests();
 
   emailTests();
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/country/country-admin-access.test.ts b/tests/integration/tests/country/country-admin-access.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a7b6c033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/country/country-admin-access.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { countryData } from '../../fixtures/country.const';
+import { notificationInfoData } from '../../fixtures/notification-info.const';
+import { getNonAdminToken, getToken } from '../../helpers/utility.helper';
+import {
+  addOrUpdateCountries,
+  addOrUpdateNotificationInfo,
+} from './country.api';
+
+export default function countryAdminAccessTests() {
+  describe('country admin access control', () => {
+    let adminToken: string;
+    let nonAdminToken: string;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      adminToken = await getToken();
+      nonAdminToken = await getNonAdminToken();
+    });
+
+    describe('POST /country - admin access required', () => {
+      it('should allow admin users to create/update countries', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testCountryData = structuredClone(countryData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateCountries(
+          { countries: testCountryData },
+          adminToken,
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(201);
+      });
+
+      it('should deny non-admin users access to create/update countries', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testCountryData = structuredClone(countryData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateCountries(
+          { countries: testCountryData },
+          nonAdminToken,
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(403);
+      });
+
+      it('should deny unauthenticated users access to create/update countries', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testCountryData = structuredClone(countryData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateCountries(
+          { countries: testCountryData },
+          '', // empty token
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(401);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('POST /country/notification-info - admin access required', () => {
+      it('should allow admin users to create/update notification info', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testNotificationData = structuredClone(notificationInfoData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateNotificationInfo(
+          testNotificationData,
+          adminToken,
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(201);
+      });
+
+      it('should deny non-admin users access to create/update notification info', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testNotificationData = structuredClone(notificationInfoData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateNotificationInfo(
+          testNotificationData,
+          nonAdminToken,
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(403);
+      });
+
+      it('should deny unauthenticated users access to create/update notification info', async () => {
+        // Arrange
+        const testNotificationData = structuredClone(notificationInfoData);
+
+        // Act
+        const result = await addOrUpdateNotificationInfo(
+          testNotificationData,
+          '', // empty token
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(result.status).toBe(401);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}