28/02/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 28 February, the European Commission opened a call for candidacies, to run until 23 March, for the creation of a rural Africa task force “to strengthen the EU’s partnership with African countries in agriculture and food”. European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan announced the launch of this initiative at the Agriculture Council of 19 February (see EUROPE 11965). It will seek to address the root causes of migration. The task force will...