Mbaye Diagne

Male, Military Person

– 1994

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Who was Mbaye Diagne?

Captain Mbaye Diagne was a Senegalese Army officer and a United Nations military observer during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. He is credited with saving many lives during his time in Rwanda through nearly continuous rescue missions at great peril to himself.

A devout Muslim, Mbaye was one of nine children born to a family living near Dakar, and the first to go to college. Following his graduation from the University of Dakar, he joined the army as an officer. In 1993 he was seconded to UNAMIR, the United Nations peacekeeping force sent to Rwanda as a military observer of the implementation of the Arusha Accords. He was stationed at the Hôtel des Mille Collines, a luxury hotel located in Kigali.

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Nationality
  • Senegal
Education
  • Cheikh Anta Diop University
Died
May 31, 1994
Rwanda

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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