Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Rebecca Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda's army ...

The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei -- who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya -- was ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, an Olympic long-distance runner from Uganda, died days after her boyfriend poured petrol over her and set ...

Cheptegei died after her body suffered 80% burns in the attack by her partner Dickson Ndiema, who doused her in gasoline at ...

The murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by her former partner has reignited calls for stronger action against femicide ...

Activists join march as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral.

When Joan Chelimo first met Rebecca Cheptegei, she remembers her fellow distance runner simply as a “normal, happy girl,” ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her ...

Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western ...

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically died after allegedly being set on fire by her former boyfriend in Kenya, ...