‘The entire region is sliding into chaos’: Africa reacts to the Middle East crisis

Regional blocs have called for restraint, while flights are suspended

African nations and regional blocs have responded to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, after US-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian figures, as well as hundreds of civilians, including more than 100 people in a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab.

In retaliation, Iran has launched...