# Uganda’s King of Tooro, once the world’s youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34

https://mins.news/en/item/35442

- France 24, 2026-08-28 09:52 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260828-uganda-s-king-of-tooro-once-world-s-youngest-reigning-monarch-dies-at-34

> King Oyo Nyimba, who led the Tooro kingdom in western Uganda, has died aged 34, the kingdom’s prime minister announced Thursday. Crowned at three, he became the world’s youngest reigning monarch in 1995.

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