Angelina Jolie adopts orphan from Ethiopia

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Angelina Jolie is adopting an orphaned Ethiopian baby girl.

Jolie visited the Horn of Africa nation last week to file her adoption request, accompanied by actor Brad Pitt and her 3-year-old son, Maddox, whom she adopted in Cambodia, an official said Wednesday.

“The paperwork has gone through. Miss Angelina’s request was accepted last week,” said Hadosh Halefom, head of the country’s state-run adoption agency.

The child “is less than a year old,” Hadosh said, refusing to elaborate. The actress filed her request through a private adoption agency.

In a posting on People magazine’s Web site, Jolie is quoted as saying the child’s name is Zahara Marley Jolie and that she and Maddox are “very happy to have a new addition to our family.”

From Herald news services