Malawian rights organisations say their government needs help monitoring Madonna’s planned adoption of David Banda.

MADONNA accepts a Malawian high court ruling allowing a coalition of human rights groups to monitor her as she tries to adopt a Malawian child, the singer’s lawyer said yesterday.

Madonna accepts a Malawian high-court ruling allowing a coalition of human rights groups to monitor her as she tries to adopt a Malawian child, the singer’s lawyer said today.

Human rights organisations will help decide whether Madonna is fit to adopt a Malawian toddler, a judge in Lilongwe ruled today.

A MALAWI judge has postponed for a week a decision on whether human rights groups can challenge pop star Madonna’s bid to adopt a baby boy from the impoverished southern African country.

The father of the 13-month-old Malawian boy Madonna is trying to adopt today insisted he supports her, and criticised human rights activists who want the courts to review the process.

A judge today adjourned a hearing into Madonna’s effort to adopt a Malawian baby until November 13 and ordered lawyers for a committee of human rights activists to prepare more arguments on their contention that the court should review the adoption process.

A MALAWIAN man who gave up his 13-month-old son to be adopted by Madonna said yesterday he had not realised he was signing away custody “for good”.

A JUDGE yesterday postponed a hearing on a lawsuit by human rights groups challenging the Malawian government’s decision to allow American pop star Madonna to start adoption procedures for a motherless 13-month-old boy.

A judge on today postponed a hearing on a lawsuit by human rights groups challenging the Malawian government’s decision to allow American pop star Madonna to start adoption procedures for a motherless 13-month-old boy.

THE biological father of the 13-month-old boy Madonna wants to make part of her family yesterday criticised human rights groups who have challenged how the adoption is being handled and said his child should stay with the star.