I thought he died with Tessa. But then, later in the film, they say he was tortured, left hanging upside-down...?
shareHe died the same day as Tessa. They took him away to torture him, while Tessa and the driver were tortured and Tessa was raped.
This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn.
He got "special" treatment as an African. They had to make Tessa look like a simple crime to prevent an international incident which even the corrupt British diplomat would not be able to sweep under the rug. Extreme torture would have caused special attention in the Western press.
The African doctor had no such protection, and he could be tortured even worse than Tessa.