Uganda buries ‘youngest’ king amid succession row
The casket containing the remains of the late Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV being carried onto a funeral van after the church service, ahead of a procession to Karambi Royal Tombs for burial in Fort Portal, Uganda, on September 12, 2026.(Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP) Several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Uganda to pay final respects to a king once recognised as the world’s youngest monarch, with the president urging unity amid a fight over who will succeed him.
King Oyo, who ascended to the throne at the age of three and reigned over Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom for 31 years, died while receiving cancer treatment in the United States.
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