Mercy James’ ‘dad’ doesn’t want Madonna to be her mum

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - James Kambewa, the man believed to be the biological father of Mercy, the four-year-old Malawian girl pop diva Madonna is trying to adopt, is unwilling to let go his daughter and says he wants to raise the child in his own culture. 'I want to take care of her, and I'm capable of taking care of my baby...

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna will resume her battle to adopt a Malawian girl in the next fortnight. The singer's appeal against a ruling that stopped her from taking Mercy James home will be heard on May 4, thesun.co.uk reports.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Madonna has again been spotted with her much younger boyfriend Jesus Luz even though they had broken up weeks ago. Madonna split from the model, who is 22 years her junior, days before flying into Malawi in a failed attempt to adopt the three-year-old child Mercy James.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Frail Madonna has turned to on-off boyfriend Jesus Luz for comfort following her failed adoption bid, it has emerged. The 50-year-old pop queen was devastated after her application to take home four-year-old Mercy James was rejected in Malawi two weeks ago.

April 13th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna is still trying her luck to adopt four-year-old Malawian orphan Chifundo "Mercy" James, despite a judge rejecting her application. The 50-year-old had spent nearly two years preparing to adopt the tot as a sister to her adopted Malawian son David Banda, and her biological kids Lourdes and Rocco.

April 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Madonna, who returned to London after a judge rejected her bid to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James from Malawi, was met by her ex-husband. The 50-year-old met the British director Guy Ritchie, at a London airport, where he took their sons-Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3 -- so that she could have some space while the court takes action on her appeal, a source tells Usmagazine.com.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - The baby who pop star Madonna had hoped to adopt cried all night as she was sent back to the orphanage. 'Where's my mummy?' she asked.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - The Malawian tot denied to Madonna spent a tearful day pleading for her mother before being taken back to the orphanage. Mercy James was in flood of tears pleading, "Where's my Mummy?" 'Devastated' Madonna left the African country along with her kids - Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and adopted son David Banda, three - after being denied interim adoption of the four-year-old orphan.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna screamed in disbelief and held her head in her hands yesterday after a judge denied her bid to adopt four-year-old Malawian orphan Chifundo "Mercy" James. As her lawyer broke the news, the shocked singer yelled: "Whaaat?" The 50-year-old singer had been told by government officials that Mercy James was "definitely hers", reports The Sun.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - Madonna has reportedly been told that her application filed for the adoption of second African orphan will succeed. The Queen of Pop, who adopted three-year-old David Banda from the country in 2006, recently appeared in Malawi's High Court to request judges to let her take home four-year-old Mercy James, whose teenage mum died three years ago.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Madonna recently appeared before a Malawi court with her request that she be allowed to adopt a second African orphan. The Queen of Pop, who adopted three-year-old David Banda from the country in 2006, pleaded to Lilongwe's High Court to let her take home four-year-old Mercy James, whose teenage mother died three years ago.

March 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - Madonna has arrived in Malawi and is expected to sign today adoption papers which will allow her to adopt a second child from the African nation. The move, however, has been widely criticised by aid agencies as "exacerbating" the plight of children in impoverished countries.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - The grandmother of Mercy James, the 4-year-old orphaned Malawian girl who Madonna wants to adopt, has pledged to stop the singer from "stealing" her. The 50-year-old stunner is nearing the end of a long battle to Mercy legally hers.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - A woman wants to stop pop star Madonna from adopting her granddaughter, alleging the singer is 'stealing' the child. The 50-year-old Madonna had almost finalised the 19-month long effort to adopt four-year-old Mercy James, but the child's grandmother Lucy Chekechiwa is now trying to prevent this, reports thesun.co.uk.

March 27th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna is expected to travel to Malawi this weekend to try to adopt a second child, it has emerged. The 50-year-old singer is close to ending the end of a 19-month battle to make "smiling angel" Mercy James legally hers.