Aid minister criticises Madonna adoption

Madonna adopted a baby Malawian boy as if she was buying a canary, Dutch aid minister Agnes van Ardenne says in today’s Volkskrant. The minister said she would rather have seen Madonna in Darfur or Congo, where women and girls are raped on a daily basis. ‘Then, you are a hero,’ she told the paper.

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