This is the new interim president of Central African Republic:<br/> <br />Catherine Samba-Panza.<br/> <br />She's Africa's third post-colonial female head of state.<br/> <br />On Monday, lawmakers cast their ballots for this former mayor of the capital, Bangui.<br/> <br />The 59-year will now have to lead the country out of months of sectarian killings towards fresh elections.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) INTERIM PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CATHERINE SAMBA-PANZA, SAYING (IN RESPONSE TO JOURNALIST ASKING IF SHE IS HAPPY):<br/> <br />"I am happy. I am honoring the women of Central African Republic."<br/> <br />Samba-Panza succeeds a president who led a mostly Muslim rebel coalition that had seized power in March.<br/> <br />He stepped down this month under international pressure for failing to stop the sectarian bloodshed that erupted after the revolt.<br/> <br />As candidate, she had to show she had no link to either the Muslim militias, nor to the Christian militias - called anti-balaka --- who were fighting them ba
