Bono has defended Madonna's proposed adoption of little David Banda, which is a relief, because I have been anxiously awaiting his opinion on this very subject. He said: "Madonna should be applauded for helping to take a child out of the worst poverty imaginable and giving him a better chance in life. Baby David is lucky to have been adopted by someone who can give him a chance of survival in this world and I don't think it's fair that people are criticising her".
He added: "About 20 years ago when my wife Ali and I went to Africa, shortly after Live Aid, a man who quite clearly loved his child came up to us and begged us to take him. It is heartbreaking but he asked us to take his child home with us because he couldn't feed him. This happens all the time in parts of Africa where unthinkable poverty means people simply can't feed their children."
So, how's that adoption process going, anyway? Well, that previously reported planned complaint by that Malawian coalition of human rights groups has been brought to the country's high court. The Human Rights Consultative Committee is challenging "the bending of laws and fast-tracking" that are necessary to allow the singer to adopt the child. David Banda is, of course, now living with Madonna, and his natural father, Yohane Banda, has said that he wants his son to stay with the pop superstar.