Uganda buries onetime ‘boy king’ whose death has sparked succession battle
2 sources·Updated September 12, 2026
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- Guardian UK·3h agoBurial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares for throne
Royal guards carry casket through streets of Fort Portal amid row over appointment of Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s youngest monarch, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears as his Tooro kingdom…
Read at Guardian UK → - Irish Examiner World·7h agoUganda buries onetime ‘boy king’ whose death has sparked succession battle
The funeral was taking place on Saturday in western Uganda of a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995
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