Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Ethiopia’s parliament has passed a law banning the adoption of Ethiopian children by foreigners, a government spokesman and diplomats told AFP on Wednesday. The vote follows an April moratorium on foreign adoptions issued by Ethiopia’s government which led to the suspension of dozens of cases, …
Read More »Boxed in: S.Korea child law sees more babies abandoned
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | The young woman laboured up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child’s nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away. She ran her hands over her head but did …
Read More »Madonna adopts 4-year-old twin girls in Malawi
Blantyre, Malawi | AFP | US superstar Madonna adopted twin girls in Malawi on Tuesday, a court official told AFP, raising to four the total number of children she has adopted from the southern African nation. Just two weeks ago, she denied being involved in a fresh adoption application in …
Read More »Museveni to investigate Belgium child adoption dispute
President Yoweri Museveni has assured Belgium’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders that he will look into the recent child adoption controversy involving the two nations. Museveni held a bilateral meeting with Reynders and Ambassador Marc Pecsteen at the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General in New …
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