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Uganda's King Oyo buried amid calls for unity over his successor

A TV news presenter has been named as the traditional kingdom of Tooro's new monarch but the late king's family claim he chose an heir.

BBC World

Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, once the world's youngest reigning monarch, was buried on Saturday, days after a row broke out over who would succeed him.

Oyo, 34, who had ruled the traditional kingdom of Tooro in western Uganda since the age of three, died last month while undergoing cancer treatment in the US.

Tooro is one of Uganda's traditional kingdoms. They were abolished in 1967 but restored in the 1990s under President Museveni. Their monarchs are recognised as cultural leaders rather than political rulers.

But days earlier, Oyo's family rejected Kijanangoma, the late monarch's cousin, as Tooro's new king.