KINSHASA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, Congolese health officials and the U.N.'s World Health Organization said on Monday, after the country went 42 consecutive days without recording a new case.

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

"It is perhaps ironic that President Trump has put his name on an institution that he has rendered prostrate," said Christopher Shell.

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa.