Madonna 'adopts baby boy'

Singer to make statement in next 48 hours

Madonna has adopted a one-year-old boy in Malawi, according to the child's father.

Yohane Banda confirmed to reporters that the singer had chosen to adopt his child David a week after her publicist Liz Rosenberg denied the claims.

He added: "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."

Following his comments, a spokeswoman for Madonna has now confirmed that an official statement will be made in the next 48 hours, reports BBC NEWS.

As previously reported on NME.COM, Madonna had travelled to the area to help fight poverty against AIDS in Africa by setting up a $3 million (£1.6 million) initiative called Raising Malawi, to help orphans in the country.

The orphan centre will be based in Mphandula, and aims to feed and educate 1,000 children a day.

Madonna is also planning to give all the proceeds from her next children's book, 'The English Roses: Too Good To Be True', due out on October 23, to the Raising Malawi project.

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It's always funny when celebrities deny shit and then come out mere days later to confirm it.

It's good the old dick pig is throwing some money about, but I'm sick of hearing about the pet causes of celebrities.

I'm really starting to miss Kathie Lee Gifford and her sweat shops.

As for Madonna adopting a kid, it's no big deal, as the damage has already been done. Motherhood has turned her into a fucking bore. I wish it could have just left her with a fat ass instead of sapping all her personality.

I kinda have to agree with this. How come Courtney didn't change at all after Frances, yet Madonna just became boring. She even acknowledge regretting the Sex book!!!!! I mean that is like sacrilege.

I sort of agree. Madonna stopped doing a lot of cool things after her kids but we did get some good records.