The president of Malawi thinks Madonna is such a diva. President Joyce Banda issued a strongly worded statement about the pop superstar, accusing her of demanding preferential treatment during her tour to the Southeast African nation last week.

Banda, who officially took office last year after predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika's death, is livid that the American singer felt that she is deserving of a VIP status just because she has adopted two children from the country.

Madonna is a frequent visitor of Malawi, and has even built a charity organisation, called Raising Malawi, that aims to improve the lives of the country's orphans. She has had VIP treatments in the past, so it apparently came as a surprise to her when she and her entourage were treated as ordinary visitors when they jetted into Malawi earlier this month.

Apparently, instead of the special treatment that she's used to, she was told to line up in passenger terminals like an ordinary person without any superstar powers in the airport.

The long scathing letter was sent after the State House learned that Madonna, who reportedly used her fame and fortune to bypass Malawi's laws when she adopted her children David and Mercy from the country, wanted the government to attend to her because she's a superstar doing charity work.

"Neither the President nor any official in her government denied Madonna any attention or courtesy during her recent visit to Malawi because as far as the administration is concerned there is no defined attention and courtesy that must be followed in respect for her," the statement reads.

"Granted, Madonna has adopted two children from Malawi. According to the record, this gesture was humanitarian and of her accord. It, therefore, comes across as strange and depressing that for a humanitarian act, prompted only by her, Madonna wants Malawi to be forever chained to the obligation of gratitude. Kindness, as far as its ordinary meaning is concerned, is free and anonymous. If it can't be free and silent, it is not kindness; it is something else. Blackmail is the closest it becomes."

Banda also denies Madonna's claims that she is building schools in the country, chiding the singer for not having the "decency of telling the truth."

"For her to tell the whole world that she is building schools in Malawi when she has actually only contributed to the construction of classrooms is not compatible with manners of someone who thinks she deserves to be revered with state grandeur. The difference between a school and a class room should be the most obvious thing for a person demanding state courtesy to decipher."

But Madonna's philanthropic adviser, Trevor Neilson, denied that Madonna demanded such diva status whenever she goes in the country.

"Madonna didn't have a so-called VIP status in Malawi; to have something stripped you have to have it in the first place."

He went on to say that Banda was only using her position to express her personal grudge against Madonna. Apparently, the president was furious after her sister, Anjimile Oponyo, was fired from her position as head of Raising Malawi in 2011 on suspicion of theft, which she denied.

The catfight between the two powerful women wouldn't deter Madonna from doing charity works, though.

"Madonna is profoundly committed to helping one of the poorest nations on the planet, Neilson continued. "She doesn't need validation from the press or anyone else. She will continue helping kids in Malawi."