Lions Protect Pregnant Hollywood Star Angelina Jolie and boyfriend Brad Pitt

Pregnant Hollywood Star Angelina Jolie and boyfriend Brad Pitt have taken refuge in the harbor town of Walvisbay to a lodge in the Etosha National Game Park in northern Namibia. According to reports, wild lions will help protect them from the media reports Reuters

Some Namibians say they hope Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be allowed some privacy during their stay in the southwest African country reports Houston Chronicle

The stars' private security detail kept journalists at a distance, and one government official warned Saturday that any foreign paparazzi found working without official approval would be kicked out of the country.

Immigration officials confirmed that the couple and five other people, including two children, arrived in Walvis Bay on

Monday morning on a chartered jet from Paris, prompting speculation their baby will be born in Africa.

U.S. tabloids say Jolie and Pitt's baby is due on May 18. The media had speculated that Jolie would give birth in France as a tribute to her French mother, who is dying of cancer.

The actress has traveled to Africa frequently to shoot films and as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. She spent several weeks in Namibia in 2002 while shooting the film "Beyond Borders," reports cBS News

Jolie has called the continent one of hope and possibility, and she adopted her daughter, Zahara, from Ethiopia last year, accompanied by Pitt. She adopted 4-year-old Maddox in 2002 in Cambodia, where she filmed "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider."