DAKAR, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A mission to observe implementation of a ceasefire between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed rebels began on Monday in eastern Congo, the first field deployment under a monitoring mechanism established by a Qatari-mediated peace deal signed last year.• The deployment of the mission is the latest sign of incremental progress under the Qatar-mediated talks, which began last year after AFC/M23 staged a lightning offensive in eastern Congo, seizing the region's two largest cities.

The first eastern Congo ceasefire inspection is due on Monday 24 August at Minembwe, four months after the body meant to police the truce was created.

A mission to verify a fragile ceasefire between the Congolese army and Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was deployed Monday to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as the two…