Madonna to take Chifundo to Malawi, dine with President and meet daughter’s father

Source: www.nyasatimes.com
Published: October 18, 2009
Pop star Madonna will take her four-year-old adopted daughter Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James to her country of birth, Malawi next week to let her meet biological father James Kambewa and dine with the Head of State. (more…)
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Madonna’s adopted daughter Mercy was to be returned to family, grandmother claims

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
By Ben Leach
Published: 8:10AM BST 28 Jun 2009

Madonna’s adopted daughter Mercy was to be returned to family, grandmother claims
Mercy, the Malawian child adopted by Madonna, was to be returned to her family from the orphanage she was living in, her grandmother has claimed.

Madonna adopted Mercy after a court in Malawi ruled she could adopt the four year old Photo: REUTERS
Lucy Chekechiwa, the maternal grandmother of Chifundo “Mercy” James, said that the family never agreed to put the four-year-old up for adoption on a permanent basis. (more…)

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Madonna allowed to adopt second child

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com
13 June 2009
Malawi’s Supreme Court rules singer an adopt 3-year-old girl in light of her charitable donations

For anyone who wants to adopt a child in Malawi without the legally required 18 months of residency, here is a tip from pop star Madonna: donate money to orphanages to expedite the process.

Madonna’s financial contributions to Malawian orphanages have persuaded a court to declare her a “resident” of the country, allowing her to adopt another African child, but sparking accusations that her wealth is buying her an exemption from the law. (more…)

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MADONNA’S ORPHANAGE IN ‘CASH FOR KIDS’ PROBE

Source: www.people.co.uk 
10 May 2009
Uncle offered money for niece after web advert
Marc Baker
Madonna’s bid to adopt a baby girl from an African orphanage has been rocked by a cash-for-care scandal at the children’s home.

The uncle of a two-year-old told a court in Malawi a couple who want to adopt his niece had offered him money. (more…)

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Judge slaps down Madonna adoption bid: ‘I won’t let you just jet in and take one of Malawian children’

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk  
3 April 2009
 A Malawian judge today denied Madonna permission to take three-year-old Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James back home.

Esmie Chombo’s dramatic ruling was announced on the steps of Lilongwe’s High Court in a rainstorm shortly before 11am local time.

The court turned down the singer’s request for an interim adoption of a second child because she has not satisfied a requirement that prospective parents be resident in the country for 18 to 24 months. Madonna’s lawyer has said she would lodge an appeal. (more…)

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Malawi activist expresses concern over Madonna’s adoption application M

Date: 2009-03-31

APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) Malawi’s Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), a network of 80 locally-based civil rights organisations, has expressed concern regarding the second adoption of a local child by US pop star Madonna, who has submitted her application to adopt three-year old Mercy James, an infant from an orphanage.
HRCC chairperson Undule Mwakasungura told local and international journalists Monday in Lilongwe that Malawi’s laws prohibited international or inter-country adoption of its citizens. (more…)

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Madonna Lands in Malawi Amid Controversy

Source: www.people.com/ 
By Michelle Tauber
Originally posted Sunday March 29, 2009 05:20 PM EDT

The singer, 50, was accompanied by her daughter Lourdes, 12, and sons Rocco, 8, and David, 3, whom she adopted from Malawi last year. And she and Lourdes visited Chinkhota Village, where Madonna has purchased a large tract of land to construct a girls’ school there, which sources say is modeled on the Leadership Academy for Girls that Oprah Winfrey built in South Africa.

Although the village chief thanked the singer for her “generosity,” some residents were less enthusiastic amid fears that they would lose their ancestral lands and crop fields. (more…)

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Who’s against Madge’s adoption plans?

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ 
28 Mar 2009, 1246 hrs IST, IANS  
A woman wants to stop pop star Madonna from adopting her granddaughter, alleging the singer is “stealing”

 The 50-year-old Madonna had almost finalised the 19-month long effort to adopt four-year-old Mercy James, but the child’s grandmother Lucy Chekechiwa is now trying to prevent this, reports thesun.co.uk.

Chekechiwa said: “Why doesn’t this singer pick other children? It is stealing. I want to go to court, I won’t let her go.” (more…)

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Madonna must stick to Malawi law in second adoption: activists

Source: www.earthtimes.org/ 
Posted : Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:17:57 GMT
 
Johannesburg – A human rights group in Malawi, where US popstar Madonna is trying to adopt a sibling for her three-year-old adoptive son David Banda, has warned the government to grant her no special favours. The 50-year-old star, whose 2006 adoption of Banda from an orphanage in Malawi was dogged by controversy, is expected to return to the country on Saturday with her family, Undule Mwaksungula, spokesman for Malawi’s Human Rights Consultative Committee, said. (more…)
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Malawi court delays Madonna adoption ruling

Thu 15 May 2008, 8:36 GMT

LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi’s High Court has delayed its final ruling on whether U.S. pop diva Madonna may adopt a two-year-old Malawian boy until next week, her lawyer said on Thursday.

“We are finished with the proceedings today from our side, and the judge has decided to reserve his ruling on the case until next week because he has to review the recommendations from the Malawi Human Rights Commission on the adoption laws of Malawi,” Alan Chinula said. (more…)

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