Uganda set to bury onetime 'boy king' whose death has sparked a succession battle
- The funeral of Tooro's King Oyo Nyimba in a cathedral in the remote city of Fort Portal, near the Congo border, concludes a nine-day mourning period that was blemished by an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who should succeed him.
- He will be buried next to his ancestors later on Saturday.
- The funeral has been held in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34, triggering a succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation.
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- The funeral of Tooro's King Oyo Nyimba in a cathedral in the remote city of Fort Portal, near the Congo border, concludes a nine-day mourning period that was blemished by an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who should succeed him.
- He will be buried next to his ancestors later on Saturday.
- The funeral has been held in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34, triggering a succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation.
Sources: ABC News, The Independent