Ugandan kingdom picks new monarch to succeed King Oyo Nyimba
A traditional Ugandan kingdom selected a television news anchor on Wednesday to succeed King Oyo Nyimba, who died last month aged 34 after becoming the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne at age three.
At a press conference in the kingdom’s capital of Fort Portal, the royal clan’s succession committee announced it chose Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor at the state-run broadcaster UBC, as monarch.
Oyo Nyimba, a United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador championing the fight against HIV and AIDS, became the youngest reigning monarch in 1995 when he was crowned at age three, according to Guinness World Records.
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