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

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

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

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

Cheptegei is remembered for her gold medal victory at the 2022 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed at the Paris Olympics in August died in Eldoret, Kenya, less than a month later after being ...

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

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

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

Activists, governments and organisations, local and international, are working to end gender-based violence but theatre, song ...

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

Cheptegei was the third female runner to be killed in Kenya since 2021, allegedly by romantic partners. Her funeral took ...