Madonna has officially been granted an interim adoption of Malawian baby David Banda. Madonna will get temporary custody of the 13-month-old child for 18 months. Follow news and share opinions about the David Banda situation.
The man who claims to be the father of Madonna’s new adopted child says he did not expect the star to get his daughter.
The singer was given permission by a Malawian court to adopt four-year-old Mercy James on Friday, and is expected to take custody of the girl later today or tomorrow.
It is understood most members of Mercy’s family agree with the decision.
* James Kambewa is deciding on his next move.
But James Kambewa said he wanted to look after his child. “I did not expect this... Read Full Story
Madonna has won her appeal to adopt a second child from Malawi, according to BBC News. The singer was denied the right to adopt four-year-old Mercy James in April after the court claimed that she had not fulfilled the necessary residency requirements. Delivering the appeal court's verdict, Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo said that the initial ruling had failed to take into account the star's commitment to helping disadvantaged children in the African country. The 50-year-old singer was not in... Read Full Story
The Associated Press and People Magazine are now reporting that Madonna will return to Malawi to adopt another child. They claim that Madonna has already filed the papers, and an American government official has confirmed the adoption. Though neither source gives the child’s name, Madge has been trying to adopt a now four-year-old little girl named Mercy James for well over a year, but the girl’s living relatives have tried to block it .
Madonna recently gave an interview to Malawi’s... Read Full Story
The Foundation Heart for Malawi, led by Dr. Steven Paas, has announced the release of the combined Chichewa to English and English to Chichewa dictionary. As pointed out earlier , the main objective of this project is to bridge the gap of communication between speakers of Chichewa/ Chinyanja (C) and speakers of English (E).
With its 730 pages in small print containing more than 35,000 entries, the dictionary is an indispensable instrument for Africans and expatriates, foreign workers and... Read Full Story
SEACOM , the much anticipated undersea fibre-optic cable system that will connect Africa to the World at a blazing 1.28Tbps, is 54 days from completion.The folks at SEACOM have now created a twitter account through which they share the latest updates on their progress in the lead up to their launch in June.
SEACOM’s progress has created a high level of excitement on the eastern region of the African continent, the only region in the World that has had neither intra - African nor direct... Read Full Story
