Paris is trying to rebuild influence in the continent after setbacks in the Sahel, P.L.O. Lumumba has told RT France is attempting to restore its influence in Africa after governments in several Sahel states pushed out French troops and scaled back ties with Paris, Kenyan lawyer and activist, professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has told RT.  Commenting on French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Kenya and the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, the chairman and founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation argued that Paris is presenting itself as a changed partner while, in reality, seeking to preserve its geopolitical and economic leverage on the continent. “The reality is they [France] want to dominate African continents… the sooner Africa realizes that, the safer Africa is,” Lumumba said.  Speaking to RT, he suggested that France’s recent diplomatic and military initiatives in East Africa were aimed at offsetting setbacks suffered in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Senegal.…