King Oyo, once world’s youngest monarch, buried in western Uganda

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KAMPALA: Ugandan king Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday 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 berries…

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