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United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) cleared 25 anti-personnel mines from Pigi County in South Sudan, making the area safe to inhabit. UNMISS

Bentiu town and much of Unity State, located in the north of South Sudan, are under water. Pakistani military engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are working to ensure that the airport and the road adjacent to it are not inundated. UNMISS

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), along with the Norwegian Refugee Council, said that more than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the severe drought this year. UNIFEED / FILE

Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, alongside youth activists and peacekeepers, took part in a tree-planting event for Mongolia’s One Billion Trees campaign. UNIC MONGOLIA

At a formal medal parade at their base in Bentiu, South Sudan, the 11th Mongolian Armed forces infantry Unit was highly commended for their peacekeeping work in the country. UNMISS

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, expressed regret at the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to request that the spokesperson of the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) to depart the country. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to President Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC and conveyed his condolences and apologized for Sunday's incident which involved UN peacekeepers and took place in Kasindi on the border of the DRC. UNIFEED

Security, peace, state-building, and drought were among the issues covered on Sunday by the UN Special Representative for Somalia on his visit to the country’s South West State. UNSOM

In Galmudug, the UN Special Representative for Somalia highlighted state-building, reconciliation, security, and famine prevention. UNSOM

The Security Council voted to renew the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a period of three months, until 31 October. The three African Council members, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya, known as the A3, abstained. UNIFEED