A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who ...

Rebecca Cheptegei competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics last month. LONDON -- Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her ...

The Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital, days after sustaining 80 per cent burns to her body following an attack by her former boyfriend. The 33-year-old long ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan military authorities on Friday accused diplomats from Europe of engaging in subversive activities, in an escalation of tensions over European criticism of human rights ...

Rights groups have long accused the Ugandan government of targeting the opposition, especially in the run-up to elections. Wine is expected to run against President Yoweri Museveni, who has been ...

A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on ...

NAIROBI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in last month’s Paris Olympics, has suffered burns to over 75% of her body after allegedly being doused with ...

NAIROBI — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33.

KAMPALA, July 23 (Reuters) - Ugandan security forces detained dozens of young people on Tuesday, a rights group said, as they took part in a banned protest rally in downtown Kampala against ...