“It is not the time to point fingers at one another, but the time to hold hands and move forward.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania

“Almighty God did not create a weak brain for a woman and a highly capable brain for a man.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania

“Freedom and democracy are the foundation of peace in a country… there is no freedom or democracy that is not protected and governed by laws, procedures and regulations.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania

“As the first female President in the history of my country, the burden of expectation to deliver gender equality is heavier on my shoulder.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania

“The level of vaccine inequity that we see is appalling… We tend to forget that nobody is safe until everyone is safe.”

Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania

“If yesterday I fought as an enemy, today you have become a friend and ally with the same national interest, loyalty, rights and duties as myself.”

Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe

“Africa should have one identity, one nationality, one people, one currency, one army.”

Muammar Gaddafi Libya

“The decisions taken by the conference will be applied in order and in freely accepted discipline. This is not defeatism, it is not capitulation, it is a question of national responsibility.”

Mathieu Kérékou Benin