The House of Peoples' Representatives in Ethiopia took up a draft proclamation that restructures four federal ministries.
The draft sets out the designation, organisational structure, powers and duties of federal executive organs.
Under it the Ministry of Planning and Development becomes the Ministry of National Strategy.
The Ministry of Culture and Sports becomes the Ministry of Youth and Sport.
The Ministry of Tourism is re-established as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The Ministry of Transport and Logistics is reconstituted as the Ministry of Logistics.
The total number of ministry level executive institutions stays at 22.
Fitsum Assefa, then Minister of Planning and Development, explained the draft to the House.
Why it matters for exams: Renamed ministries and the number of federal executive organs are the kind of governance detail an examiner asks about a country in focus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia issued a statement on the Nile and the Red Sea.
It said Ethiopia is the main source of the Abay River, which supplies about 85% of the flow of the Nile.
Any talks on managing or using the river, it said, must take account of that foundational role.
On the Red Sea the ministry said its border lies just 30 miles from the coastline and that regional security talks must respect the interests of Ethiopia.
The statement answered a joint declaration issued a day earlier by four leaders meeting at New Alamein City in Egypt.
That declaration said control of the Red Sea should rest with the coastal states and warned against unilateral measures on the Nile.
Ethiopia is landlocked and has been seeking sovereign access to the sea.
The Abay is known outside Ethiopia as the Blue Nile and rises from Lake Tana.
Share of the flow of the Nile from the Abay:85%
Why it matters for exams: The Abay or Blue Nile, Lake Tana and the landlocked position of Ethiopia are repeated geography questions.
Ethiopia finished first in the athletics medal table at the Youth Olympic Games held in Dakar.
The medal table published by World Athletics shows Ethiopia with 5 gold and 3 silver medals, a total of 8.
The Youth Olympic Games are for athletes in their teens and are run by the International Olympic Committee.
Senegal is the host country of this edition and Dakar is its capital.
World Athletics is the international federation that governs the sport and publishes its official results.
The Games were held at Dakar from 8 to 10 November 2026.
Its athletes train largely in the highlands around Addis Ababa and in the Rift Valley.
Kenya was placed third in the same medal table.
Gold medals in athletics:5Total medals in athletics:8
Why it matters for exams: The host city of the Youth Olympic Games, the body that runs it and the federation for athletics are standard sports questions.
Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for another five-year term as Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
He took the oath of office at parliament in Addis Ababa.
In a speech in Parliament he said the country would work to secure a port on the Red Sea.
He was repeating assertions he had made before about access to the sea.
Ethiopia has no coastline of its own and depends on the ports of its neighbours.
The President of Somalia congratulated Abiy on his re-election.
The office of Prime Minister is the head of government in the federal parliamentary system of Ethiopia.
Seats won by the Prosperity Party:438Seats in parliament:547
Why it matters for exams: The office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the ruling Prosperity Party and the House of Peoples' Representatives are standard questions on African polity.
The Council of Ministers of Ethiopia set up a caretaker administration for the Tigray region by regulation.
The decision follows a decision of the House of Federation, the upper house of the federal parliament.
The administration will run for six months.
Its stated tasks are restoring security, rebuilding infrastructure and organising an election that returns the region to an elected government.
Four chief executives were named for administration and public services, economy and reconstruction, security and peace, and political affairs.
A mayor was also appointed for Mekele, the capital of the region.
The regulation rests on Article 62(9) of the Constitution, together with Article 14(2)(b) of Proclamation No. 359/1995.
Tigray is one of the regional states of the federal structure of Ethiopia.
Term of the caretaker administration:six monthsChief executives named:four
Why it matters for exams: The federal structure of Ethiopia, the House of Federation and the capital of the Tigray region are the durable facts here.
The House of People's Representatives in Ethiopia endorsed the appointment of 22 federal cabinet ministers presented by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
The endorsement formally set up the cabinet of the new government after the general election held in June.
Fitsum Assefa was named Minister of Finance.
Temesgen Tiruneh was named Deputy Prime Minister.
Gideon Timothewos was named Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mohammed Idris Minister of Defense.
Birhanu Nega was named Minister of Education and Addisu Arega Minister of Agriculture.
The announcement said special consideration was given to fair gender, ethnic and religious diversity.
The House of People's Representatives is the lower house of the federal parliament of Ethiopia.
Federal cabinet ministers endorsed:22
Why it matters for exams: The names of a country's Finance, Foreign Affairs and Defence ministers and the Speaker of its parliament are routine appointment questions.
The restructured ministries of Ethiopia include a Ministry of Culture and Tourism, so the heritage it looks after is worth listing.
Ethiopia has 12 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The list is kept under the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO.
Among the properties are the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, and Aksum.
Simien National Park and Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region, are also on the list.
The Lower Valley of the Omo, the Lower Valley of the Awash and Tiya are also among them.
Ethiopia ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1977.
Negash Village is on the tentative list, which is the step before inscription.
Properties inscribed:12
Why it matters for exams: The number of World Heritage properties a country holds, and Lalibela and Aksum by name, are repeated art and culture questions.
Ethiopian Airlines keeps adding partners to its Addis Ababa hub, and the same city carries the continent's main political address.
The headquarters of the African Union is at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Union meets there in ordinary session, the 39th of which was held at the headquarters.
The long term development framework of the Union is Agenda 2063.
At that session the leaders endorsed and launched the Africa Water Vision 2063 and Policy.
The theme of the session was the availability of water and safe sanitation systems under the goals of Agenda 2063.
The Executive Council of the Union holds its own ordinary session before the Assembly.
The chairmanship of the Union passes from one head of state to another at a handover ceremony.
Ordinary Session of the Assembly held at the headquarters:39th
Why it matters for exams: Where the African Union is headquartered and what Agenda 2063 is are among the most asked facts about the continent.