Eritrea - Ministry of Information

The desert locust (Schitocera Gregaria), a voracious insect, is a species of locust classified in the family of swarming short-horned grasshopper. It is known to be one of the most dangerous migratory locust pests as it can fly for many hours rapidly covering vast distances. The short-horned grasshopper forms large swarms posing a major threat to crops.

Sheib subzone is one of the ten sub-zonal administrations of the Northern Red Sea (NRS) region bordered by Gheleb sub-zone in the west, Massawa sub-zone in the east, Ghindae sub-zone in the south and Afabet sub-zone in the north. It is about 84 kms west of Massawa.

It has been twenty seven years since Eritrea emerged from a lengthy war of liberation that claimed the lives of sixty five thousand women and men and displaced hundreds of thousands of women and men.

Health services are given in Eritrea through a three-tier system. The primary level constitutes community health services, health stations, health centers and community hospitals. The secondary level includes regional referral hospitals and first contact hospitals while the tertiary level covers national referral hospitals.

The Minister of Agriculture Mr. Arefaine Berhe made a three-day visit from 22-24 February 2019 to current desert locust (DL) control sites in the sub-zones of She’eb, Afabet and Karora.

The vision of the Eritrean Government as stated in the Macro-Policy and the Charter of the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) is to achieve rapid, balanced, home grown and sustainable economic growth with social equity and justice, anchored on the principle of self-reliance. The same vision is further reinforced in the Eritrea National Indicative Development Plan 2014-2018.