Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, once world’s youngest monarch, dies at 34
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"It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I announce the passing of His Majesty the Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV," the prime minister of the kingdom, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, said in a post on X late on Thursday.
Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king, who became the world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced."This is an immeasurable loss," the prime minister said, adding the king, who was unmarried, had left an heir and that "continuity of the Crown is assured."
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