/s definitely check links and facts before you get upset with words you don’t like lol

Ok but seriously, I gotta give a shout out to Mbaye Diagne. This is a serious bad-ass, I can’t state just how bad his ass really is. Like all the bullshit movies and books of fake and made up narratives and we have this motherfucker who walked the earth.

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. Various estimates exist for the number of lives Diagne saved, ranging as high as over 1,000.

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.

Hutu extremists initiated the Rwandan genocide, targeting members of the Tutsi ethnic minority. They murdered moderate Hutu Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and Diagne rescued her children and secured them safe passage out of the country. He then undertook numerous missions on his own around Kigali in violation of the UN’s rules of engagement, hiding Tutsis in his car and evacuating them to UN installations. He also protected some Hutus and worked to safeguard the Senegalese expatriate community.

Because he had to pass through dozens of checkpoints manned by Interahamwe tasked with killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus, Diagne ferried at most five people on each trip,[10] often taking them to the Hôtel des Mille Collines or Amahoro Stadium, both under UN guard, for safety.[14][10] In order to get past the checkpoints, he relied on his extensive contacts among the military and militias, his ability to defuse tense situations with quick jokes, and occasional bribes of cigarettes, money and—though he was a devout Muslim—alcohol.

In one instance, he stood between an armed Hutu priest and a woman the priest was about to execute, shouting “Why are you killing this woman? You must not do this because if you do the whole world will know,” and eventually convincing the priest to let her live.

Gregory Alex, the head of the UN Humanitarian Assistance Team in Rwanda gave an explanation as to why Diagne was not rebuked: “Here’s someone who stepped out of line and [the general is] not going to discipline him because he’s doing the right thing.”[15] BBC journalist Mark Doyle befriended Diagne and knew of his actions, but omitted mention of him in his news dispatches because he feared that the Rwandan government would learn of his rescues and try to stop him.

That was such a wonderful thing to run into after reading over the history of Rwanda and the Hutu and Tutsi people. Guess even during war and genocidal times you can still look for the helpers.