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.
Diaw is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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:
Baldé is a surname of West African origin. Some notable people with the surname include:
Blaise is a masculine given name and surname. It is the French derivation of the Latin Blaesus, Greek Βλασιος (Vlasios), and is of uncertain etymological origin.
Mendy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sarr is a Senegalese, Mauritanian and Gambian surname common among the Serer people of West Africa, and their descendants.
Sène is a Serer patronym in Senegal.
Badji is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mbaye Diagne is a Senegalese professional footballer who played as a striker for Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah.
Ndoye or N'Doye is a Senegalese surname and may refer to:
Modou is an African masculine given name that may refer to
The Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage is, along with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal and the United Nations Medal, one of three awards of the United Nations. It is awarded to "military, police, civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the United Nations". It was created on 8 May 2014 by the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2154 and is named for Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese Captain and Military Observer serving with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), who was killed in action in Kigali on 31 May 1994.
Alioune is a masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Mamadou Mbaye may refer to:
Malick Mbaye may refer to:
Serigne Mbaye may refer to:
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