Are US airstrikes in Nigeria about coercion more than security?

The false claim of religious persecution has been used to justify strikes that are more about asserting US power than protecting Nigerian citizens, writes Abubakar
How Nigeria is reintegrating repentant former Boko Haram fighters

Tens of thousands of voluntary or forced members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa have surrendered over the past 10 years.