BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Dozens of Muslim rebels who ousted the president of Central African Republic last year moved out of the main military base in downtown Bangui on Monday, hours after some of their top brass were escorted out of the capital by peacekeepers.

Even as the exodus from the hilltop camp suggested the waning influence of the Seleka fighters after months of atrocities, scores of Muslim civilians also were fleeing the capital, fearing for their lives as sectarian tensions remain high.