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• Angolans remain in Atlantic ports
• Rebels reportedly crossing Congo River

KINSHASA, Congo (CNN) -- Government troops of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday hunted rebel units in the capital, reportedly only remnants of the force that was trying to oust the government of President Laurent Kabila.

Earlier in the day, loyalist forces declared victory over the Tutsi-led rebels in the battle for Kinshasa and then searched house after house in eastern parts of the capital.

Some residents danced in the streets to celebrate the victory while normality appeared to gradually return to parts of the capital that had been most affected by the street fighting, which began Wednesday.

"It's calm on the whole. Sporadic shooting can still be heard but from a long way off," one resident said.

There were gruesome reminders of the fighting. Decaying corpses littered the streets of the eastern suburbs.

"There are many dead in the area," said Health Minister Jean-Baptist Sondgi. "It's a terrible scene of bodies here and there."

In addition to Angola and Zimbabwe, Namibia has acknowledged giving logistical help to Kabila's beleaguered army. Rwanda, whose forces are dominated by Tutsis, and Uganda, which is allied with Rwanda, both admit having troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But both deny fighting alongside the rebels.

There were also unconfirmed reports that troops from Burundi had boosted the rebels' forces. But Foreign Affairs Minister Severin Ntahomvukiye said that Burundi would "only participate to resolve the conflict peacefully."

Outside the capital, the fate of the rebels was unclear.

They were still reported to control the strategic Inga hydroelectric dam that supplies the capital with electric power, and an Angolan army captain said on Friday they had threatened to demolish it unless guaranteed safe conduct.

The intentions of the Angolans, whose entry into the war on the government side cut the rebels' supply lines, was unclear Saturday.

With thousands of troops and heavy armor at their disposal, the Angolans had been expected to press the rebel rear.

But instead they appeared content to occupy the Atlantic ports of Moanda, Banana and Boma and sit tight, prompting some speculation that they were following their own agenda.

Elsewhere, the rebels claimed to be in control in the east and center of the country, and to still hold the key commercial city of Kisangani.

Some of the wounded or fleeing rebels had crossed the Congo River into the neighboring Republic of Congo, humanitarian sources said Saturday.

Humanitarian sources in Brazzaville said the rebels were using canoes to cross the river, which forms a natural boundary between the two Congos.

"Several wounded and non-wounded rebels have been crossing at Boko locality in the southeast since Thursday," one source told Reuters news agency.

Boko is about 150 km (90 miles) downstream from Brazzaville and just across from the scene of heavy battles last week.

The sources said the national Red Cross in Brazzaville was sending an emergency assessment team to Boko.

Correspondent Jennifer Glasse, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.