US pop diva Madonna left Malawi after a visit that included meetings with President Peter Mutharika and the biological father of one of her adopted children but has received bad headlines for ‘betraying’ the family of her adopted daughter Mercy – as they issued a desperate plea to be allowed to see her. A local […]
Madonna left Malawi on Monday after a visit that included meetings with the president and the biological father of one of her adopted children. Sarah Ezzy, director of the U.S. pop star’s charity Raising Malawi, confirmed Madonna’s departure on her private jet. Madonna has been visiting Malawi since 2006. She funds a number of orphanages […]
US pop diva Madonna through her Raising Malawi has promised to give Malawi children a gift of education as on Sunday she visited two of the 10 schools Raising Malawi funded with partner buildOn. Those 10 schools are educating more than 5600 students, half of them girls. Madonna is considering additional education projects in Malawi, but […]
Malawian President Prof. Peter Mutharika has appointed US pop diva Madonna as Malawi Goodwill Ambassador for child welfare, Nyasa Times learnt on Friday. It was confirmed by government chief secretary George Mkondiwa who said the appointment by President Mutharika to the ‘Material Girl’ singer was “with immediate effect.” President Mutharika met Madonna with her Malawi-born children […]
The world-famous diva Madonna posed for a photograph with Malawian hip hop star Tay Grin at a party to celebrate the singer’s first visit to Malawi for 18 months and the photograph hit the headlines in the UK’s news which covers celebrities , Daily Mail. According to the Daily Mail, Madonna met the rapper, real […]
US pop diva Madonna on Thursday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is the first dedicated pediatric intensive care unit in the country. Ezzy told reporters at the hospital that Raising Malawi, a non-profit charity organization co-founded […]
US pop star Madonna -who has adopted two Malawian-born children – returned to Malawi on Wednesday and had her VIP status restored by President Peter Mutharika after his predecessor stripped the same on her last visit Madonna has returned with the two children she adopted from Malawi and her other son for surprise talks with Mutharika. […]
The dream of American Pop Singer Madonna to carry out a number of charitable works in Malawi will remain in jeopardy if what a local newspaper has reported is anything to go by that the board of Non-Governmental organizations (NGO) has turn down an application by the pop star to have her Trust registered in […]
Malawi’s eight-year-old David Banda adopted by US pop star Madonna hit international headlines on Sunday when he accompanied his mother with a swag on the Grammy Awards red carpet. UK’s Daily Mail which splashed the photos showed the two wearing a matching black Ralph Lauren suits . David said he choose his suit before adding […]
Malawian granny of Madonna’s adopted daughter is ‘terminally’ ill and has sent an emotional appeal to the pop star to let her see the little girl at her birth home before she dies. The 71-year-old Lucy Chekechiwa is too poor to afford treatment for what is feared to be cancer or a stomach tumour and […]
It was always a bit of a storm in a teacup. Now it turns out that Malawi’s President Joyce Banda didn’t even write – or know about – the infamous attack on the character and charitable activities of pop star Madonna. And yet the ongoing quarrel – the Malawian government is still accusing Madonna of lying about […]
Madonna has hit back at Malawi President Joyce Banda, accusing her office of “spreading lies” through a strong worded statement her office issued on Wednesday. The pop diva was reportedly angered after the country’s government did not treat her like a VIP when she, her four children and her entourage were made to queue and […]
Malawi human rights activists have asked government to tread carefully in the way it is handling pop diva Madonna, following a strongly worded statement issued Wednesday by the president’s office, State House, in the capital, Lilongwe. The statement accused Madonna of using her fame and money to press the government of Malawi to give her […]
Claims and misgivings have been expressed by Pop Star, Madonna and her agents, against the Malawi Government and its leadership for not giving her the attention and courtesy that she thinks she merits and deserves during her recent trip to Malawi. According to the claims, Madonna feels that the Malawi Government and its leadership should […]
US pop star Madonna on Saturday night ended her week-long controversial tour to Malawi after being accused of claiming to have built 10 schools across the country when she is has been building school blocks within existing government schools. The pop diva and her four children arrived in Malawi on Easter Monday and visited […]
US pop star Madonna, who adopted David Banda and Mercy James in 2006 and 2009 from Malawi, has been criticised of engaging in a publicity stunt to showcase as if she has built schools, yet she only contributed to BuildOn which has constructed classrooms and not entire schools. The singer, who arrived in the capital Lilongwe […]
Madonna on Tuesday took her adopted Malawi children, David Banda and Mercy James to a local Mkoko Primary School in the central region on her trip to their native country for the first time in two years. David Banda, adopted in 2006 and Mercy James, in 2009 are now eight. The singer who arrived in the […]
US pop star Madonna criticised by President Joyce Banda for “changing her mind” over plans to build schools in Malawi, arrived in the country Monday morning. Madonna, who has adopted two children from Malawi, arrived at 9am local time, according to Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) immigration officials in the capital, Lilongwe. The singer is scheduled […]