Madonna’s bid to join the legions of celebrity adopters was formally and finally approved by Malawian courts this week. “We are very happy with what the judge has ruled,” Alan Chinula, her lawyer told reporters. “It is a positive and beautiful judgment that will have an impact on Malawi's adoption laws. It's a long judgement but I am quite happy with it.” And so, we’d imagine is a little David Banda.

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