Tooro's Youngest King Dies at 34, Ending a Record-Setting Reign
The Tooro Kingdom’s Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who became king of Tooro in Uganda at age three and was listed by Guinness as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, has died at 34 after a period of illness reportedly being treated in the United States; his death prompts the line of succession with a prince as heir, while the kingdom and Uganda’s traditional institutions acknowledge his advocacy for youth, education, climate action and HIV/AIDS awareness.