Malinga ndi International Union for Conservation of Nature, njovu zomwe zili ku Africa zatsika ndi anthu 111,000 mzaka khumi zokha.
Tsopano mu Africa muli njovu pafupifupi 415,000. M'madera omwe amawoneka mopanda tanthauzo, anthu ena 117 mpaka 135 zikwi za nyama izi amatha kukhala ndi moyo. Pafupifupi magawo awiri mwa atatu a anthu amakhala ku South Africa, makumi awiri% ku West Africa, ndipo ku Central Africa pafupifupi 6%.
Tiyenera kunena kuti chifukwa chachikulu cha kuchepa kwanjovu kwa anthu ndi kuchuluka kwamphamvu kopha anthu, komwe kudayamba mu 70-80s m'ma XX. Mwachitsanzo, kum'maŵa kwa dziko lakuda, lomwe limakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi anthu opha nyama mopanda chilolezo, njovu zachepetsa. Vuto lalikulu pankhaniyi lili ku Tanzania, komwe pafupifupi magawo awiri mwa atatu a anthu adawonongedwa. Poyerekeza, ku Rwanda, Kenya ndi Uganda, njovu sizinangotsika zokha, koma m'malo ena zidakwera. Kuchuluka kwa njovu kwatsika kwambiri ku Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, makamaka ku Republic of Chad, Central African Republic ndi Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Zochita zachuma za anthu, zomwe njovu zimataya malo awo achilengedwe, zimathandizanso kwambiri pakuchepa kwa njovu. Malinga ndi ofufuzawo, ili linali lipoti loyamba lofotokoza kuchuluka kwa njovu ku Africa mzaka khumi zapitazi.
