Yawancin zakuna yanzu suna zaune a Gabas da Kudancin Afirka; lambobin su suna raguwa cikin sauri, kuma sun ragu da kimanin 30<unk>50% a kowace shekara 20 a ƙarshen rabin karni na 20. An lissafa nau'in a matsayin mai rauni a cikin Jerin Red na IUCN. A cikin 1975, an kiyasta cewa tun daga shekarun 1950, lambobin zaki sun ragu da rabi zuwa 200,000 ko ƙasa da haka. Auna yawan yawan zaki na Afirka tsakanin 16,500 da 47,000 da ke zaune a cikin daji a 2002<unk>2004. Dalilai na farko na raguwa sun haɗa da cututtuka da tsoma baki na ɗan adam. Rashin rayuwa da rikice-rikice da mutane ana ɗaukar su zama mafi girman barazanar ga jinsin. Shirin Ewaso Lions Lions yana zaune a Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve da Shaba National Reserve na Ewaso Ngiro a arewacin Kenya. A waje da waɗannan yankunan kiwo, matsalolin zaki da suka taso daga haɗarin dabbobin daji na IUCN. An kiyasta yawan zaki da yawa sun mutu a cikin gandun daji da kuma suna da nisa da iyakar da iyakar dabbobi. A shekarar 2015, an kiyasta
tsakanin 16,500 da 47,000