King Oyo's funeral draws thousands, but Uganda's Toro Kingdom is fractured: a goalkeeper turned down the crown, a will names an unidentified heir, and the Queen Mother says her family was confined to

A TV news presenter has been named as the traditional kingdom of Tooro's new monarch but the late king's family claim he chose an heir.

The African nation had pulled out just days after the King had issued new guidance on the status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

Uganda's government is racing to help resolve a bitter royal succession dispute in the Tooro Kingdom after the death ‌of monarch Oyo Nyimba aged 34, so he can be buried on Saturday, a spokesperson for the kingdom said on Friday.

Amea Power’s 24 MW PV plant is expected to supply energy to over 192,000 households in Uganda's northwestern Nile region.

Oyo Nyimba, a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom as a young boy in 1995 and died last month at 34, was buried Saturday amid an acrimonious succession dispute.

The finance minister gave parliament a new date on 11 September. It is the seventh target since 2018, and the pipeline is now 98% buried.

The kingdom’s traditions and institutions have endured through colonial rule, independence and decades of upheaval.