Mbaye Diagne was a Senegalese military officer who served in Rwanda as a United Nations military observer from 1993 to 1994. During the Rwandan genocide he undertook many missions on his own initiative to save the lives of civilians.
Sané is a surname. Notable persons with this surname include:
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Diouf, or "Joof" is a Serer surname carried by several personalities :
Mbaye is a Senegalese given name that is also used as a family name.
Gomis is a Catalan surname, equivalent to Gomes in Portuguese, and Gómez in Spanish. It is also a Senegalese and Bissau Guinean surname, borrowed from Portuguese, sharing the same spelling.
Seck is a surname found both in German and Senegalese populations. Notable people with the surname include:
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Blaise is a French and English personal name and surname either derived from the Greek Basil ( Βασίλειος) or Βλάσιος, the name of Saint Blaise, an adaptation of the "Vlash" etymon). Its feast day is on the 3rd of February.
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Sène is a Serer patronym in Senegal.
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Mbaye Diagne is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray. Diagne also plays internationally for the Senegal national team.
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The Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal is, along with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal and the United Nations Medal, one of three awards of the United Nations, given to persons who have participated in the international humanitarian, military or police UN Mission. It was founded on 8 May 2014 by the United Nations Security Council and is named after Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese Captain and Military Observer of the United Nations in Rwanda, who was killed in action in Rwanda on 31 May 1994. The medal was given for the first time in 2019, to Private Chancy Chitete, from the Malawian contingent of MONUSCO, killed during fighting against the Allied Democratic Forces.
Alioune is a masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
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