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...Crimson had reported in January that, despite the decisions to divest from PetroChina and Sinopec—two Chinese oil firms with ties to Sudan??Harvard still maintained indirect holdings in these firms worth more than $16 million through investments in other funds...
...Sudan-linked companies. HDAG argues that there are many Sudan-free funds being established to provide alternatives to Harvard’s current holdings.The group does not propose divestment from hedge funds and private equity—investments through which Harvard may also hold stakes in firms tied to Sudan??due to a lack of similar investment options.Alice W. Handy, founder and president of Investure, an investment group that advises non-profit institutions, echoes Campbell’s sentiments. Handy, who served as chief investment officer of the University of Virginia’s endowment from...
...audience of about 30 in Harvard Hall last night, telling stories of his flight from war-torn southern Sudan, his travels in East Africa, and his emigration to the United States. The raid that displaced Dau occurred in the midst of the Second Sudanese Civil War, a conflict between Sudan??s northern Arab government and non-Arab forces in the country’s south that ended in 2005. After fleeing his village in distress, enduring extreme hunger and thirst, and weathering ambushes by Arab troops, Dau eventually reached a refugee camp in Ethiopia, he said last night...
...Sudan involves providing services to the three largest oil players in the country—China National Petroleum Company (parent company of Petrochina), the Oil and Natural Gas Company of India, and Petronas. Gould told me that his company pays $13.2 million every year to the Sudanese government and Sudan??s former finance minister Abda Yahia el-Mahdi has said that more than 70 percent of the government’s share of oil profits is spent on defense. Though it’s difficult to say with certainty without accounting records, if this proportion holds true...
...Over 70% percent of oil revenues go towards Sudan??s military expenditures. Genocide is not cheap,” Millenson said...