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Uganda buries King Oyo as death sparks succession row

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Published on 2026-09-13 13:39:21

Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba, who was once the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday amid an acrimonious succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation.

The traditional monarch, who ascended the throne of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995, died last month from cancer. He was 34.

He was buried next to his ancestors after an emotional funeral service in an Anglican cathedral in the remote city…

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