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"I am in Malawi to check on the children’s hospital in
Blantyre and my other work with Raising Malawi and then heading
home," Madonna told People magazine in a statement.
“The rumors of an adoption process are untrue,” the statement
added.
The "Rebel Heart" singer issued the statement after a Malawi
judiciary spokesman, Mlenga Mvula, told Reuters and other news
outlets that Madonna had "filed an application expressing
interest to adopt two more kids from Malawi."
"As a court, we adjourned the matter for a ruling (in the next
two weeks). The court will either grant the adoption order or
might not," Mvula said.
Mvula could not provide details on the children Madonna wants to
adopt, saying it was against the law to divulge such particulars
at this stage.
Some Malawians opposed the previous adoptions, accusing the
government of allowing Madonna, as a global celebrity, to skirt
laws that ban non-residents from adopting children in Malawi.
Madonna, 58, adopted Malawian children David Banda and Mercy
James in 2006 and 2009. The mega-selling pop singer has two
other children, Lourdes and Rocco, from previous relationships.
Madonna established the non-profit Raising Malawi in 2006 to
provide health and education programs, particularly for girls,
in the southeast African country.
The organization is currently building a children's unit at a
hospital in Blantyre, Malawi's second largest city, and has
built 10 schools, according to its website.
(Writing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Jill Serjeant in New
York; editing by Mark Heinrich and Tom Brown)
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