Namibia: Hong Kong high-rise fire kills at least 44, still burning – Africa Links 24

Firefighters were still dousing a devastating fire on Thursday, which ripped through a Hong Kong high-rise complex, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing, according to authorities.

The inferno — the financial hub’s worst in decades — took hold on Wednesday afternoon in an eight-building housing estate with 2 000 apartments, and sent shock waves through the city, which has some of the world’s most densely populated and tallest residential blocks.

The police…