A Succession Battle Erupts Over a Late Ugandan Monarch

September 10, 2026 · 9:52 am 2 sources

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• Royal family rift after popular TV news presenter chosen to succeed Ugandan king
  BBC News · September 10, 2026 09:52
  King Oyo's family say he left a will naming his young son as heir to the Tooro kingdom.
• A Succession Battle Erupts Over a Late Ugandan Monarch
  The New York Times · September 10, 2026 21:09
  Family members and royal leaders are jockeying for control in the Tooro Kingdom after its former boy king died last month. Elders chose a TV journalist to succeed him, but the royal family has objected.