WORLD● LOW2h ago · Sep 30, 2026, 1:10 PM
Ex-TV anchor crowned as king in Uganda after succession fight
France 24 [en] · sub saharan africa
A former television news anchor was crowned king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming the 13th monarch of the Batooro people in a ritual-laden coronation that ended a succession dispute. Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma succeeded King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, whose death last month from cancer at age 34 triggered a feud, with his mother saying a previously undisclosed son was entitled to the throne.
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