ZARHARA’S MOTHER RISES LIKE A PHOENIX

Posted Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 12:23 pm | 16 Comments »
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Angelina Jolie claimed the mother of her adopted daughter Zahara had died of AIDS before she adopted her from an Ethiopian orphanage. But a woman who claims to be Zahara’s mother is very much alive — and now says she’s happy that the 2-year-old has found such a wonderful home.

“I’m happy to see my daughter in a better life,” says Mentewab Dawit Lebiso.

Mentewab says she ran away from home in the first months of Zahara’s life because she was too poor to feed her. Unable to cope alone, Mentewab’s mother, Almaz, brought the child to a local official who contacted Wide Horizons for Children, an adoption agency. Although Almaz insists she told the official that her daughter had run away, Zahara’s legal papers claim that her mother had died.

That agency has now called the police to investigate Almaz’s claim that she never said Zahara’s mother was dead.

Stay tuned as this story develops!