As Malawi’s highest court prepares to decide on Madonna’s bid to adopt a three-year-old girl, a dispute has erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the child’s father.

As Malawi’s highest court prepares to decide on Madonna’s bid to adopt a three-year-old girl, a dispute has erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the child’s father.

The father of a girl from Malawi whom Madonna hopes to adopt says he’s capable of taking care of his daughter.

A court official says Madonna’s appeal in her bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from Malawi will be heard in May.

Madonna’s efforts to adopt two youngsters from Malawi have drawn the paparazzi. But she isn’t alone: Westerners are increasingly seeking to bring home children from Africa as traditional sources like China and Russia cut back on adoptions by foreigners.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi says Beijing will not abandon Africa, despite the global recession.

A judge has approved Madonna’s adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in 2006.The pop star wasn’t in court for Wednesday’s ruling.Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, have been caring for the child, David Banda, in London. David turns 3...

Malawi’s former president, Bakili Muluzi, was detained at the capital’s airport Sunday and later placed under house arrest amid a government investigation into an alleged coup plot.Muluzi’s arrest set off clashes between police and supporters who had...

Madonna’s new film on the impoverished nation of Malawi has wowed another maker of documentaries: Michael Moore.Moore announced Thursday that Madonna, like himself a Michigan native, will appear for a screening of “I Am Because We Are” during the...

Some 100 miles from Malawi’s capital, the dusty village of Lipunga has no movie theaters or video players, let alone electricity. But villager Yohane Banda has at least heard that Madonna’s new documentary is meant to draw attention to this southern...