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Spanish lawmakers rejects a deeply divisive Catalan amnesty bill on with the hardline separatist party that demanded it voting against it on grounds it did not go far enough. The bill will now be sent back to a parliamentary commission in a major setback for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that highlights the fragility of his parliamentary support. IMAGES
Supporters of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance party (DA) gear up for their final major campaign rally in Soweto ahead of national elections. Voters will cast their ballots on Wednesday in what is seen as the most contested election since the first democratic vote 25 years ago. IMAGES
On the final day of campaigning, supporters of President Nicolas Maduro rally in Maracaibo (west) amid a climate of nervousness about possible fraud in the July 28 vote and violence in the aftermath. IMAGES
Supporters of Venezuela's presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gather in Barinas to attend their campaign rally ahead of July 28 presidential elections. IMAGES
President Maduro's supporters rally to mark the beginning of the political campaign for the July 28 presidential elections. Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia have both called rallies in the capital Caracas, a day after the UN rights chief warned of an "increase in threats, harassment and assaults against civil society actors, journalists, unionists and other voices considered critical." IMAGES
Police officers and shuttered shops in the streets of Nairobi as Kenya braces for a nationwide strike in reponse to a call by youth protesters who oppose the government's proposed tax hikes. Discontent over the already high cost of living spiralled into nationwide rallies last week, sparked by the Ruto administration's proposed tax hikes in the annual finance bill, which parliament must vote on by June 30. IMAGES