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UNICEF's Farrow warns of danger of genocide in Central African Republic

GENEVA - Mia Farrow says her third trip to the Central African Republic as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF has her convinced that it's a failed state on the verge of genocide.

The actress and activist says the government is "useless," the world isn't paying enough attention and she believes "the seeds are present for a genocide," echoing the assessment of U.N. officials.

Farrow told reporters Thursday in Geneva after a weeklong trip to the country that it has "an abandoned population, because the world has looked away."

U.N. officials say the nation, one of the world's poorest with a long history of chaos and coups, has been collapsing since rebel groups joined forces to overthrow the president in March and put their leader in charge.

News from © The Associated Press, 2013
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