Malawian Court Rejects Madonna's Adoption

A Malawian court decided Friday to reject US pop star Madonna's application to adopt a second child from the country.

"I have to decline to grant the application to Madonna," judge Esmie Chondo said.

Madonna's application was rejected because of a requirement that prospective parents be resident in the southern African state for 18 to 24 months, the BBC reported.

The rule was waived in 2006 when Madonna was allowed to take her adopted son, David Banda, to London before his adoption was finalized in 2008, the agency reminded.

The 50-year-old singer applied Monday to adopt Chifundo James, whose name translates into English as Mercy. Had her application been successful, Chifundo would have been a sister to David, the first child she adopted from the African country, and her biological children Lourdes and Rocco.

Chifundo had been placed in one of Malawi's best orphanages and no longer suffered the severe poverty endured after her mother died in childbirth, the judge concluded.

It is still not clear if she will appeal against the decision.

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