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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Kenya's high rates of violence against women have prompted several marches this year. Ugandan officials have condemned the attack, demanding justice for Cheptegei. First lady Janet Museveni ...

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, Kenya — 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.