USAID [to 18 January 2014]
http://www.usaid.gov/

USAID Administrator Calls for Immediate and Unconditional Humanitarian Access throughout South Sudan
January 18, 2014
Since its independence, South Sudan has made modest but important steps on the path to development. But today, fighting between government and rebel forces puts that progress at risk, wreaking havoc on a people who have faced more than their share of suffering and denial. Recent violence in South Sudan has left thousands dead and has driven nearly half a million people from their homes.

USAID and Partners to Boost U.S.-Africa Apparel Trade
January 17, 2014
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), and the African Cotton & Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to expand trade and investment linkages between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa in the cotton textile and apparel sectors.