The Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted decrees that grant ministers lifetime salaries and other benefits.
The two decrees, which grant former ministers benefits worth at least $2,000 (around AED 7,346), is not "to enrich the officials" the government explained in a statement.
The payments "are to stop them [ministers] from falling into destitution", it added.
The decision has been widely criticised, especially since the majority of the population in DR Congo lives in poverty.
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Russian attacks kill 6 people in 2 Ukrainian cities
Russian attacks have killed six people in two Ukrainian cities on Sunday, including a strike on a grocery store in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, where three people died and 20 were injured, officials said.
Authorities respond to fire at Riyadh airport terminal hit by "unidentified projectile"
Yemen's Saudi-led coalition has announced on Sunday that authorities were responding to a fire that broke out at Terminal 4 of King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh after being targeted by an "unidentified projectile", according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Trump says Russia and Ukraine reach energy ceasefire
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to what he described as an "energy ceasefire", hours after Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy had pushed back against US pressure for a unilateral end to strikes on Russian refineries.
12 killed, 309 injured after attack on Riyadh airport, aviation authority says
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Sunday morning that an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday has killed 12 people and left 309 others injured.
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