Malen Chiefdom

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Malen Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Pujehun District of Sierra Leone under supervision of Chief B.V.S. Kebby (Kebbie){{Cite news|title=MALOA Calls for Credible, Impartial Audit of SOCFIN |date=19 November 2020 |newspaper=Concord Times |location=Sierra Leone |url=https://slconcordtimes.com/maloa-calls-for-credible-impartial-audit-of-socfin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201062826/http://slconcordtimes.com/maloa-calls-for-credible-impartial-audit-of-socfin/ |archive-date=1 December 2020 |url-status=live }} with a population of 22,090.{{Cite web|title=Final Results 2004 Population and Housing Census |publisher=Government of Sierra Leone |year=2006 |page=8 |url=http://www.sierra-leone.org/Census/ssl_final_results.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511122826/http://www.sierra-leone.org/Census/ssl_final_results.pdf |archivedate=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} Its principal town is Sahn. The chiefdom is located west of the town of Pujehun. The primary economic activity is subsistence farming.{{Cite web|title=Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone |publisher=Against Malaria Foundation|url=http://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution_TopLevel.aspx?ProposalID=149|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820130657/http://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution_TopLevel.aspx?ProposalID=149|archivedate=20 August 2010|url-status=live}} The largest employer is Socfin, a palm oil producer.{{Cite news|title=Socfin in Sierra Leone: Anger and broken hopes in Sahn Malen |date=9 April 2019 |newspaper=Standard Times |location=Sierra Leone |url=http://standardtimespress.org/?p=8562 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511231058/http://standardtimespress.org/?p=8562 |archive-date=11 May 2019 |url-status=usurped }}{{Cite web|last=Bangurah |first=Abdulai M. |display-authors=etal |date=September 2019 |title=Report of the Technical Committee on the Malen Chiefdom Land Dispute in Pujehun District |publisher=Government of Sierra Leone |url=https://www.fian.be/IMG/pdf/2019_report_malen_tc_final_september.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027053712/https://www.fian.be/IMG/pdf/2019_report_malen_tc_final_september.pdf |archive-date=27 October 2020 |url-status=live }} Malaria is endemic in the chiefdom with an estimated infection rate of 40% (∓5%).