LILONGWE, Malawi – Madonna is expected to arrive in Malawi Sunday, airport officials said, as the star's plans to adopt a girl as her second child from the poor African country began to draw criticism.
Officials at the airport in the capital spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.
The luxury lodge where Madonna has stayed in the past has been fully booked and casual visitors have been turned away. International media have begun arriving in the capital in
anticipation of her visit.
Friday, a welfare official and a person involved in the adoption proceedings said the singer plans to adopt a 4-year-old girl.
But a British children's charity has urged Madonna to "think twice" before adding another African child to her celebrity family.
Save the Children UK said Saturday that the recently divorced star risked sending the wrong message by going through with the adoption.
Spokesman Dominic Nutt said many international adoptions are unnecessary — and some even feed into a criminal "adoption industry."
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