Ho latela Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Tlhokomelo ea Tlhaho, palo ea litlou kontinenteng ea Afrika e fokotsehile ka batho ba likete tse 111 lilemong tse leshome feela.
Hona joale ho na le litlou tse ka bang 415 000 Afrika. Libakeng tseo tse bonoang ka mokhoa o sa sebetseng, batho ba bang ba 117 ho isa ho 135 likete tsa liphoofolo tsena ba ka phela. Hoo e ka bang karolo ea bobeli borarong ea baahi e lula Afrika Boroa, liperesente tse mashome a mabeli Afrika Bophirima, le Afrika Bohareng e ka ba liperesente tse tšeletseng.
Ho tlameha ho boleloa hore lebaka le ka sehloohong la ho fokotseha ka potlako ha palo ea litlou e bile ts'ebetso e matla ka ho fetesisa ea poaching, e qalileng lilemong tsa 70-80 tsa lekholo la XX. Ka mohlala, ka bochabela ho k'honthinente e ntšo, e anngoeng haholo ke litsomi tse tlōlisang, litlou li fokotsehile ka halofo. Phoso e kholo ntlheng ena e ho Tanzania, moo hoo e ka bang karolo ea bobeli borarong ea baahi e ileng ea senngoa. Ha ho bapisoa, Rwanda, Kenya le Uganda, palo ea litlou ha ea ka ea fokotseha feela, empa libakeng tse ling e bile ea eketseha. Palo ea litlou e fokotsehile haholo naheng ea Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, haholoholo Rephabliking ea Chad, Central African Republic le Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mosebetsi oa moruo oa batho, ka lebaka la hore litlou li lahleheloa ke bolulo ba tsona ba tlhaho, le tsona li kenya letsoho haholo ho fokotseheng ha palo ea litlou. Ho ea ka bafuputsi, ena e ne e le tlaleho ea pele mabapi le palo ea litlou Afrika ka lilemo tse leshome tse fetileng.
