Madonna in Malawi Amid Adoption Rumors

Posted on April 16, 2007

Madonna arrived in Malawi on Monday with the young local boy she is adopting, amid rumors she intended to adopt a second child from an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation.

The pop singer, who sparked controversy last year when she decided to adopt one-year-old David Banda from a local orphanage, plans to visit the boy’s father during the visit, a government official said.
Madonna landed at Lilongwe’s airport in a private jet wearing dark glasses and a black outfit and carrying Banda, now about 18 months old, a Reuters witness said.
She left the airport in a convoy of vehicles, which took the road to the Home of Hope orphanage where Banda lived before Madonna applied to adopt him, the witness said.

“The government of Madonna salutes Madonna for coming back with the child for the father to see him,” Minister of Information Patricia [...]

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