"I call on my children, especially the anti-balaka, to put down their arms and stop all the fighting. The same goes fo…"

"Interviewer: France has announced that it is planning to withdraw its troops from the Central African Republic at the…"

"Interviewer: Are you in a hurry to finish your term as the Interim President? Catherine Samba-Panza: I am not in a hu…"

"Girls have to get much more interested in public matters, in international matters, and [they must] affirm themselves…"

"Even this morning in my speech to the World Bank, I said it was important to undertake a study of the causes and the …"

"Violence is in the mind and on the hearts of our [Central African Republic] population for many, many years. The proc…"

"“The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon”"

"Samba-Panza became the first female president of her country, and one of the few on the continent. Women were overjoy…"

"“Women of the country said: We have had enough of hostilities between men. A female leader would be less violent, les…"

"Women fight for peace, Samba-Panza says, because of their intimate experience of giving life."