Deadly Kenya protests spurred by international debt woes

Johannesburg - "Kenya is not IMF's lab rat," was just one of many slogans condemning the International Monetary Fund that was seen this week on demonstrators' placards at protests in Kenya against proposed tax hikes.

The protests, fueled by tech-savvy youth on social media, were sparked by the Kenyan government's plans to significantly raise taxes to pay off its enormous debt.

The government did a U-turn af