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As previously reported, Madonna has met with both criticism and approval over her desire to adopt the Malawian children. A Malawian pressure group, Human Rights Consultative Committee, have expressed their reservations. Chairman Undule Mwakusunguraof says that the singer acts "like a bully" adding that she "has the money and the status to use her profile to manipulate, to fast-track the process". Ordinary people seem more supportive, however. One amongst a crowd of onlookers outside the court told the AP: "We are blessed for what Madonna is doing here. That baby is going to have the advantages of going to school and of becoming someone. Here it is very difficult".

Meanwhile, David Banda has met his natural father for the first time since leaving Malawi in 2006. Yohane Banda said of the meeting: "He asked me in English who I was and what I do. When I told him 'I am your daddy' he looked surprised". David was left at an orphanage after his mother died. His father said: "It's amazing how David has grown; I can't believe he is the same small and sickly baby we left at Home Of Hope".