It will be very difficult for international pop diva Madonna to adopt another child from Malawi following her divorce with her British filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie, a senior government official has said.

The official's remarks come amid reports that Madonna is planning to visit Malawi in the near future to adopt a girl orphan, who she once met at an orphanage in 2006.

The official says if the pop diva would have an uphill task to have her ambition of adopting another Malawian child because she is currently single.

"The truth of the matter is that it is almost impossible for a single parent to adopt a Malawian child and those celebrities who think that they can bend the law to adopt children here when they are single parents are totally wrong," he said.

The senior government official said government would continue with its principle of carefully scrutinising adoption of children by among others checking the stability and suitability of adopting families.

"It is a mockery of the principles and rules of adoption for government to allow children to be adopted by broken families or single parents," he said.

The Malawian official said Madonna and Ritchie divorce has not affected the status of the already adopted David Banda.

"Malawi has nothing to do with the status of the little boy David Banda. It is now the jurisdiction of the British courts to determine issues of custody," he said expressing optimism that Madonna would take good care of David.

There are reports that Madonna has reassured the biological father of David, Yohane Banda, that three-year old boy is safe despite her recent divorce.

The pop diva is claimed to have sent a message to David's biological father through Philippe van den Bossche, the executive director of Raising Malawi, the charity set up by Madonna to help orphans.

Madonna and Ritchie dissolved their eight year marriage a fortnight ago after a British court granted them a "quickie' divorce.

Court documents indicated that Madonna petitioned for divorce on the grounds of Ritchie's continued unreasonable.

The wealth of the two was pegged at about $500 million and it is reported that Ritchie would not demand a share from the fortune.