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| Madonna 'adopts child in Africa' | Madonna 'adopts child in Africa' |
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| Pop star Madonna has adopted a one-year-old boy in Malawi, according to reports. | Pop star Madonna has adopted a one-year-old boy in Malawi, according to reports. |
| The boy's father, Yohane Banda, told the Associated Press: "I know he will be very happy in America." | The boy's father, Yohane Banda, told the Associated Press: "I know he will be very happy in America." |
| Speculation the singer was planning to adopt began when she flew into Malawi and visited several orphanages. | Speculation the singer was planning to adopt began when she flew into Malawi and visited several orphanages. |
| Madonna's publicist initially denied the adoption reports but a spokeswoman has now said an official statement is expected within 48 hours. | |
| Adoption papers | Adoption papers |
| Mr Banda said: "I am the father of David, who has been adopted. I am very very happy because as you can see there is poverty in this village and I know he will be very well looked after in America." | Mr Banda said: "I am the father of David, who has been adopted. I am very very happy because as you can see there is poverty in this village and I know he will be very well looked after in America." |
| He told reporters that his wife Marita died a month after the baby's birth from childbirth complications. | |
| Since then the child had been cared for at the Home of Hope Orphan Care Centre in Mchinji, a village near the border with Zambia. | |
| HAVE YOUR SAY As you remove them from their lands you run the risk of severing their roots and creating a generation without a sense of true identity Brown Hornet, Oakland Who should adopt African babies? | HAVE YOUR SAY As you remove them from their lands you run the risk of severing their roots and creating a generation without a sense of true identity Brown Hornet, Oakland Who should adopt African babies? |
| Madonna said she had travelled to the region with her husband, film-maker Guy Ritchie, to help fight poverty and the problem of HIV and AIDS. | Madonna said she had travelled to the region with her husband, film-maker Guy Ritchie, to help fight poverty and the problem of HIV and AIDS. |
| A government official in Malawi had claimed Madonna was due to file for adoption papers on arriving in the country last week. | A government official in Malawi had claimed Madonna was due to file for adoption papers on arriving in the country last week. |
| The 48-year-old already has two children, five-year-old son Rocco and nine-year-old daughter Lourdes. | The 48-year-old already has two children, five-year-old son Rocco and nine-year-old daughter Lourdes. |
| If the singer has gone ahead with the adoption she follows in the footsteps of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. | If the singer has gone ahead with the adoption she follows in the footsteps of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie. |
| Jolie, who gave birth to Brad Pitt's child Shiloh Nouvel in Namibia, has also adopted children from Cambodia and Ethiopia. | Jolie, who gave birth to Brad Pitt's child Shiloh Nouvel in Namibia, has also adopted children from Cambodia and Ethiopia. |