Madonna's Matters in Malawi

Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls’ school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said on Wednesday.

“A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been formed to head the project which will be on the scale of what Oprah Winfrey has in South Africa,” Madonna‘s lawyer Alan Chinula told Reuters.

Malawi’s High Court is expected to approve Madonna‘s bid to adopt two-year-old Malawian David Banda on Thursday.

Madonna will not attend the final court ruling on her adoption bid because she is busy with other engagements, Chinula said on Tuesday.