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Apparently Mia Farrow is in Africa filming the sequel to Bernardo Bertolucci’s terrible adaptation of Paul Bowles’ book:

Mia Farrow has a daring plan to win the freedom of an ailing rebel leader from war-ravaged Darfur – she wants to take his place.

The activist actress offered to trade places with Suleiman Jamous, who needs a stomach operation but has been confined to a base in the troubled African desert nation of Sudan for more than a year.

“I am therefore offering … to exchange my freedom for his,” said Farrow in a letter to Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. “[I know] he will apply his energies toward creating the just and lasting peace.”

Farrow, 62, is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and has visited Darfur twice.

She was traveling in Africa and couldn’t be reached for comment on her unusual proposal.

Jamous, a leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army, was originally airlifted from Darfur to the UN base in nearby Kadugli for medical treatment in June 2006.

But the leader needs a stomach biopsy, which cannot be performed at the camp, and believes he will be seized by government forces as soon as he leaves.

“Before his seizure, Mr. Jamous played a crucial role in seeking reconciliation,” Farrow said.

There was no immediate response from the Sudan.