Malawi leader  Chakwera meets pop star Madonna, praises her charity

Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera on New Year’s Day met with visiting U.S. pop singer Madonna, praising her efforts to help children’s education  in the South African country. Chakwera received the pop icon at the Kamuzu Presidential Palace in the capital, Lilongwe, where Madonna  briefed him about her charity work in the country. Writing on his […]

NICO donates K5m towards training of registrar for Mercy James Cente at Queen’s Hospital

In order to enhance the number of experts on the team of medical professionals for Mercy James Centre for Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, NICO Group has donated MK5 million towards the training of its registrar. NICO’s Group Head of Marketing & Communication, Lorraine Phiri said they were […]

Madonna celebrates services of Mercy James Centre in Malawi with first anniversary visit  

United States based pop celebrity Madonna on Monday returned to Malawi to celebrate the first anniversary of a medical facility  Marcy James Centre  for Paediatric Surgey and Intensive Care at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre named after one of the four children she adopted children from this southern African country, which she funded through her […]

Mercy James Centre at Queen’s Hospital successfully operates on co-joined twins

The recently constructed Mercy James Centre under the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has done its major operation by separating conjoined twins.  The centre was constructed by pop star Madonna who named the centre after one of four Malawian children she adopted, Mercy James.  Officials at QECH  have confirmed of the operation which was done […]

Mercy James draws applause at opening of children hospital in Malawi

Mercy James, the 11 year-old daughter  American pop queen Madonna adopted from Malawi in 2009, attracted crowds at the opening of  The Mercy James Institute for Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care at Blantyre City’s  Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. It was first time for Malawians to hear Mercy James speaking in public since her adoption she did it […]

Madonna speaks out on her struggle to adopt Mercy James

American pop star Madonna on Tuesday spoke for the first time the struggle she faced to adopt her second Malawian child, Mercy James. The emotional Madonna told President Peter Mutharika and other guests during the opening of her Mercy James Padeatric Hospital in Blantyre that a judge put spanners to the adoption process. She said […]

Madonna says Mercy James children unit at Malawi Queen’s hospital set to open

Madonna’s has said  the Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, located at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the city of Blantyre,  is due to officially open next week. The singer named The Mercy James Institute for Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care after her daughter who she adopted from Malawi, and the […]

Madonna captioned Malawi visit images on Instrgram with Kenyan flag: Blasted

Pop legend Madonna attracted a barrage of criticism after she captioned her images from her trip to Malawi with the Kenyan flag. Madonna has been keeping her 7.5 million Instagram followers and 1.2 million Twitter subscribers up-to-date  by posting a series of pictures throughout the trip. However, she made  an error in an online tribute  […]

Madonna accused of ‘betraying’ adopted daughter’s family: ‘We did not donate daughter Mercy’

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 plans to build more schools in Malawi 

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 […]

Gran of Madonna’s adopted daughter wishes to see her for last time

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 […]