For two years, the military and government have said Boko Haram is all but defeated, and the remnants are being mopped up. But the military is largely unable to control territory beyond the cities and towns it has wrested back from Boko Haram. Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno state, said it was not possible for people to live in small villages. Telephone and electricity wires remain torn down, more than two years after the military evicted Boko Haram. But military and diplomatic officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said overstretched troops are unable to push Boko Haram out of non-urban areas.

Source: The Express Tribune December 01, 2017 10:52 UTC