Congo and Rwanda to sign agreement in Washington on peace, economic development: sources

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Open this photo in gallery: A member of the M23 armed group holds position behind barbed wire as civilians fleeing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi on Jan. 29.TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images Congo and Rwanda plan to sign an agreement in Washington on Friday to promote peace and economic development, sources told Reuters, part of a diplomatic push to end violence after an advance by Rwandan-backed rebels in eastern Congo. The agreement, expected to be signed by the two countries’ foreign ministers at a ceremony with U.S....