Madonna - who adopted six-year-old daughter Mercy in 2009 - wants to redouble her efforts to aid orphaned children by opening a new centre as well as giving financial support to current ones... more
Britain's high commissioner to Malawi has been threatened with expulsion after he called the country's president 'autocratic', 'combative' and 'intolerant of criticism'... more
A gay Malawian couple jailed for 14 years for their love affair after a homosexual rights test case part, with one starting a relationship with a woman... more
Samuel Eto'o is convinced Cameroon will qualify for the quarter-finals despite becoming the latest World Cup qualifier to suffer a shock defeat in this tournament.... more
While his brother lives in the lap of luxury he lives in grinding poverty in Malawi. We reveal the stark life of Dingiswayo Banda... and wonder how David will feel when he understands the chasm between them.... more
Twenty-two London schools are being twinned with their counterparts in Africa, in a scheme run by the charity for which Evening Standard readers raised £171,000... more
He may have moved from poverty-stricken Malawi just two years ago, but little David Banda seemed non-plussed by the attention when mum Madonna showed him off to waiting paparazzi last night. The 49-year-old singer looked happy as she carried the two-year-old from London restaurant San Lorenzo with children Lourdes, 11, and Rocco, 7, in tow
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This week's club offerings include a terrace rave at Canvas, a Malawi fund raiser party (with sand) and the small matter of the UK Air Guitar Championships.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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