Malawi officer heads to UK to review Madonna adoption

The senior Malawian child welfare officer who was to have gone to London to assess whether Madonna could adopt a little boy from the southern African country has been removed from the high-profile case following allegations he solicited money from the singer for the trip.

Simon Chisale, the country’s chief social welfare officer, said the government had gone to court last week to have Penstone Kilembe, the director of Malawi’s Child Welfare Services, replaced as the assessor in the Madonna adoption.