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

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei was buried in her home village in Uganda on September 14, local media reported, after she ...

Ugandans on Saturday paid tributes to Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after her partner set her on fire in Kenya, ahead ...

Uganda on Saturday will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire ...

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was ...

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,” ...

The Ugandan marathoner was set on fire in Kenya by her ex-partner, police allege. “Paris will not forget her,” its mayor said ...

Thousands of mourners gathered in eastern Uganda for the funeral of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically ...

Officials in Kenya say the man accused of killing Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by setting her on fire has died of ...

The 33-year-old long-distance runner, who had died after being set on fire by her partner, was given a military funeral, ...

A picture of Rebecca Cheptegei appeared on a giant screen after ... protects the dignity of every individual,” chairman of the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) Athletes Commission, Ganzi Semu ...