Last updated: 1 february, 2010 - 07:42 GMT

Central African Republic

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The President of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, has confirmed the death of the rebel leader, Charles Massi, although he's refused to give details of how Mr Massi died.

Opposition groups are calling for an international investigation into the death.

They say the former government minister died from torture in early January after being arrested in Chad last December and then transferred to the Central African Republic where he was imprisoned.

Our reporter in C.A.R. is the BBC's Chris Simpson.

He told Peter Ndoro about the former rebel leader.

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