Madonna leaves Malawi, ending week of orphanage visits, charity groundbreakings

Madonna leaves Malawi after week’s charity tour

Madonna and 4 children visit orphanage where 1 son lived before adoption

Madonna and son visit his Malawi orphanage

Madonna returns to Malawi to visit the school she is building for poor girls

Madonna returns to Malawi to launch girls school

ActionAid: Poor nations conquer hunger by simply investing more in small farmers

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Government fertilizer has made the difference between hunger and plenty for Rodrick Jesitala, a farmer and father of three in southern Malawi.

Warning: Buying tobacco at less than minimum prices is hazardous, president says

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for the country’s main cash crop are the “enemy of the people” and will be expelled, said the president of this African nation, whose government this week deported three of them.

Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to high levels of nicotine, rights organization reports

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Children picking tobacco in the fields of Malawi for consumers far beyond the African country’s borders are being poisoned as they absorb up to two cigarette packs’ worth of nicotine each day, a children’s rights organization said Monday,

Mice, anyone? In Malawi, cooked, salted or dried mice on a stick is a popular delicacy

LILONGWE, Malawi —Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.

Madonna’s newly adopted daughter said to leave Malawi on private jet heading for London

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna’s new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna’s adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday.

Madonna’s adopted daughter said to leave Malawi for London

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna’s new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna’s adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday.

Malawi appeal court grants Madonna’s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy; lawyer says adoption final

BLANTYRE, Malawi — There’s mercy for Madonna — Malawi’s highest court ruled Friday that the pop star can adopt a second child from the African nation, citing her love, determination, and “income tax returns.”

Malawi’s highest court grants Madonna’s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can get “Mercy,” Malawi’s highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.

Malawi appeal court grants Madonna’s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can get “Mercy,” Malawi’s highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.

Malawi’s highest court allows Madonna’s bid for 2nd adoption from southern African country

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country’s highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times.

Malawi’s highest court allows Madonna’s 2nd adoption from the southern African country

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country’s highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times.

Lawyer: Court will rule Friday on Madonna’s effort to adopt girl from Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s highest court plans to announce Friday whether Madonna can adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country, the pop star’s lawyer said Thursday.

Court order stops relocation of elephants that clashed with farmers in Malawi

JOHANNESBURG — A court in Malawi has stopped the evacuation of more than 60 elephants from a rural area where they were getting into deadly battles with farmers.

Elephants being moved from rural area of Malawi to end deadly feud with local farmers

JOHANNESBURG — Efforts are under way to end a deadly battle between farmers and elephants in a rural area of Malawi.

Malawi begins swearing in of new parliament

LILONGWE - Malawi Monday began the swearing in process for its parliamentary members who emerged victorious in the May 19 polls.

Malawi hearings begin in Madonna’s adoption appeal, amid paternity dispute

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s highest court began deliberating on Madonna’s bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl’s father.

Madonna adoption case faces dispute over whether man trying to stop proceedings is father

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s highest court began deliberating on Madonna’s bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl’s father.

Madonna adoption: Dispute over whether man trying to stop proceedings is father

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s highest court began deliberating on Madonna’s bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl’s father.

Father of African girl that Madonna wants to adopt tells CBS that he can care for her

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

Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal May 4 on bid for 3-year-old Malawi girl

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna’s appeal of a court ruling denying her request to adopt a 3-year-old girl from Malawi will be heard next month, a court official said Monday.