Madonna causes an ‘international incident’

Not one to ever shy away from controversy Madonna has caused an online flurry of angry fans as they feel she has insulted the country of Malawi.

The 57-year-old singer is in the country helping to establish a new children’s hospital. Her adopted children David and Mercy are from Malawi and travelled with their mother, brother Rocco, and sister Lourdes.

It was when the Material Girl was posting images from her trip on the social media site Instagram that things went wrong as instead of posting the Malawi flag she posted the Kenyan flag.

Talking to one of my heroes, Dr. Eric Borgstein in the newly erected Pediatric. Hospital in Blantyre, specializing in surgery and Intensive Care. With love and support we will be up and running in 2017!! ??❤️????????❤️????????❤️

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jul 10, 2016 at 10:36am PDT

She had posted the wrong flag on six separate posts about her trip but has since gone back and replaced with the correct flag.

Join Mercy, David and myself at the NEw Pediatric Surgery Hospital in Blantyre adjacent to Queen Elizabeth hospital. First of all help us think of a name for the hospital and Secondly. Would you like to sponsor a nurse or a clinical officer?? If so check out our website @raisingmalawi ???❤️??

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jul 11, 2016 at 11:07am PDT

Leaving many fans and followers to ask if anyone had “educated her about the flag.” Madonna’s other fans came to her defence to say that it was a simple mistake and that all the good that she is doing outweighs any online error.

How do you feel about it? Do you think that if some is a public personality, they should double check things before putting something on social media? Or was it an honest mistake that others are blowing out of proportion?