Madonna 'phones Mercy every evening'

Madonna phones her newly-adopted daughter Mercy James every evening, reports say.

The pop superstar won her appeal to adopt the four-year-old Malawian last Friday and now speaks with her child each night, Contact Music reports.

She reportedly said during a call on Sunday evening: "Mommy is waiting for you across the seas."

The 'Miles Away' singer has moved the youngster to a luxury lodge in the country’s capital Lilongwe, where she is looked after by a nanny and a nurse. They will care for her until the legal documents and travel papers which Madonna’s aides are overseeing have gone through the proper channels.

The 50-year-old will resume her 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour on July 4 in the UK and it is expected to wrap up at the end of August.

During that time, Mercy James will be attended to by a team of nannies in New York.