A Ugandan King who was named as the world's youngest reigning monarch has died at the age of 34.
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King Oyo became ruler of the Kingdom of Tooro in western Uganda at the age of just three after his father's death - although he wasn't officially crowned until he turned 18. He had been receiving treatment abroad for an unknown illness.
Uganda is ruled by an elected head of state, but has several traditional monarchs ruling pre-colonial era kingdoms.
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