Boko Haram terrorists (The Group of People from Sunnah Preaching Jihad - JAS) or the ISIS affiliate in West Africa that split from Boko Haram (Islamic State West Africa Province - ISWAP) are responsible for the killing of at least 110 people in a horrific massacre in the state of Borno in northeastern Nigeria, in the village of Zabarmari on November 29, 2020.

This article will focus on the reasons why the group is still alive and continues to be a dangerous threat to the entire region; reasons that led me to conclude that the war is not over. The battle is a deeply political, ideological and theological one in which too many actors are engaged, creating doubt as to whether radical Islamic ideology can indeed be defeated?

It is obvious that Climate change favorized the survival of Boko Haram, chased from north-east Nigeria territories. The fact that the group is decentralized renders military operations, at all levels, more difficult, but feasible with adequate personnel and equipment. Merely a military approach will not bring an end to Boko Haram in the area. The terrorist group's activities occur in areas where there is extreme poverty, income and social inequality, poor infrastructure and the absence of a stable government. The time to act decisively is now to expand humanitarian assistance and protection as well as basic services, and thus laying out the groundwork for early recovery and reconstruction of the area in parallel with military pressure on the enemy and deradicalizations actions.

While the eyes of the world focus on Iraq and Syria to monitor the coalition forces' progress against the Islamic State in Mosul and Al-Raqqa, the biggest democratic nation in Africa, Nigeria, records a military victory over a radical Islamic organization named Boko Haram.

In a state deeply involved in fighting extremism, radical Islamism and terrorism it is expected to see a united nation where all hands are joined and focused on winning the war in spite of political rivalries and other factors such as religion, ethnicity and economic interests. Nigeria’s endless war against Boko Haram, which has been conducted for six years now, is doing the contrary- it is splitting forces. What really happened in the north-east of Nigeria? According to the country’s President they have won the war against Boko Haram. Others think that the victory over Boko Haram has not yet been achieved. They base their arguments on the continuous vicious terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgents, attacks which killed dozens of innocent civilians and are responsible for more than 2.5 million people being defined as refugees. These attacks have closed thousands of schools in the North-East, leaving the children as easy prey for the radical Islamists. The fact that Boko Haram is now the Islamic State's Province in West Africa (ISPWA) worsens the situation as the group continues to learn from and use the same strategies as ISIS in its own activities. Reports from Nigeria reflect contradictions - in this article I will attempt, to clarify the situation.