New daughter for Jolie-Pitt

Angelina Jolie has given birth to Brad Pitt’s daughter, it has been announced.

The couple have named the child, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Pitt’s publicist said.

The baby’s arrival was the subject of intense press speculation that led the superstar couple to move to a hideaway in Namibia for privacy.

In a statement, publicist Cindy Guagenti said: "The night of May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcomed their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. No further information is being given."

No photographs were being released, she added.

The actors were rumoured to have got together while filming Mr And Mrs Smith, in which they played husband-and-wife assassins hired to kill each other.

Pitt, who was married to Friends actress Jennifer Aniston at the time, denied any romance.

But Pitt and Aniston announced their split in January 2005, and divorced later that year.

Jolie, 30, is a frequent visitor to Africa and serves as goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The daughter of actor Jon Voight has two adopted children: toddler Zahara, from Ethiopia, and 4-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia.

Both had their surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt announced his intentions to co-adopt the children.