Burial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares to take throne
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What happened
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 looked to put a bitter succession battle behind it. Oyo’s appointed successor, the news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, cast nine coffee ber…
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