Madonna in bitter war of words with Malawi after recent visit

The singer is in a bitter feud with the government over accusations that she demanded VIP treatment, including at the airport, while visiting last week.

Madonna asked to meet the president and she believed Malawi "should have abandoned everything and ... rolled out a red carpet and blasted the 21-gun salute in her honor," the government said in a statement, Kazinform refers to CNN.

A government spokesman also accused her of overstating her contributions, saying she announced that she built schools in the nation while she only funded classrooms in existing facilities.

The pop star shot down the reports as inaccurate, and pledged to continue helping educate young girls in the nation.

Since she adopted a son from Malawi in 2006, her ties to the nation run deep. She adopted a daughter three years later, and has several education projects in the nation.

They include the documentary, "I Am Because We Are," which highlights diseases devastating children in the country. She also co-founded a nonprofit group, Raising Malawi, to educate and provide programs to help the needy.

Despite her charitable involvement and fame, the government said, it is not obligated to give her special treatment.

"Madonna feels that the Malawi government and its leadership should have abandoned everything and attended to her because she believes she is a music star turned benefactor," Tusekele Mwanyongo, a government spokesman, said in a statement posted by the nation's media outlets.

"Granted, Madonna is a famed international musician. But that does not impose an injunction of obligation on any government ... to give her state treatment. Such treatment, even if she deserved it, is discretionary not obligatory."

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