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Senegalese Army officer

For the footballer, see Mbaye Diagne (footballer).

Mbaye Diagne (18 March 1958 – 31 May 1994) was a Senegalese military officer who served in Rwanda as a United Nations military observer from 1993 to 1994.

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Diagne was born on 18 March in Senegal.

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Captain Mbaye Diagne was a Senegalese soldier who joined the UNAMIR as a military observer in Born in the Senegalese Capital Dakar.

An undated reproduction photo shows Mbaye Diagne, a young Senegalese captain who saved the lives of people during the Rwanda genocide.

During the Rwandan genocide, he undertook many missions on his own initiative to save the lives of civilians.

Diagne was born in Senegal. After graduating from the University of Dakar, he enrolled in the Senegalese Army's École Nationale des Officiers d'Active.

He completed his schooling the following year and eventually attained the rank of captain. He was given command of the 3rd Company of the 6th Infantry Battalion and fought in the Casamance conflict from 1989 to 1993.

That year, Diagne was sent to Rwanda as part of an Organisation of African Unity military observer team tasked with monitoring the Rwandan Civil War, a conflict fought between the Hutu-dominated government and the Tutsi-led Rwanda Patriotic Front (R