Pop star Madonna has been urged by Save the Children to reconsider her apparent plans to adopt another Malawian child.Malawian officials have indicated she will arrive in the African country this weekend in an attempt to adopt a four-year-old orphan called Mercy James.
The UK-based charity said ideally orphans should be cared for by their extended family or community and taking them abroad was "not a solution".
Madonna took then 13-month-old David Banda to the UK from Malawi in 2006.
The Reuters news agency reported that it was told Mercy James has "no father and mother, they both died", and an assessment had been completed on Thursday.
Madonna is expected to arrive in Malawi to attend a procedural hearing at the country's High Court on Monday.
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