Officials Confirm Madonna Adoption Reports

Malawi officials have confirmed that Madonna is in the process of adoption a 3-year-old girl from the African country.

The girl is reportedly named Mercy James. An official at the ministry of Gender and Child Development tells Reuters that she comes the "Mchinji Home of Hope orphanage. She has no father and mother, they both died...We finished the assessment yesterday in readiness for the courts next week." an official at the ministry of Gender and Child Development told Reuters.

"The adoption is going ahead," Malawi's Director of Child Welfare Services, Penstone Kilembe, reveals "It has been at an advanced stage for some time."

She will be Madonna's fourth child joining son David Banda, 3, daughter Lourdes, 12, and son Rocco, 8.