(CNN) -- Order has been restored in South Sudan after fighting that left about 500 people dead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.

Government forces are now in charge of the situation, and flights have resumed at Juba International Airport, the ministry said.

The United Nations, however, is warning that the crisis is not over. Joseph Contreras, U.N. acting spokesman on South Sudan, said, "It is a very, very fluid situation, so I don't think the country is out of the woods yet."

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also spoke Tuesday of being "deeply concerned" about South Sudan.

"There is a risk of this violence spreading to other states, and we have already seen some signs of this," Ban said.

Meanwhile, the South Sudanese government said its forces are in "absolute control of the situation" and that Sunday's coup attempt was not based on ethnic divisions but rather on "the power ambitions" of the coup plotters.

About 800 more people have been wounded in the violence, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said earlier. He said bodies are still being found in forests and many of those who were wounded are dying in hospitals.

Deadly clashes in Africa's newest nation began Sunday evening. President Salva Kiir later said his forces had halted a coup attempt.

U.N. officials have expressed deep concern about the unrest, saying between 15,000 and 20,000 people have taken shelter in the organization's compounds in the capital, Juba.

"There are many, many people who have run away, and there are also people who have been killed," one woman who fled the fighting said. "Now there is a woman who has a baby who was shot in the back and died."

In Bor, a town 87 miles north of Juba, the South Sudan Red Cross reported 19 civilians were killed, said U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky. Meanwhile, about 800 people gathered at a U.N. camp in Bor to seek protection, he added.

Gunfire was still ringing out in Juba as recently as Tuesday. But Makuei said Wednesday the situation in the city had returned to normal, with people returning to work, flights resuming and government offices opening.

He said the rebels who have clashed with government forces had moved closer to the Nile River.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/world/africa/south-sudan-violence/

^ even though this article says that order has been restored, just today, there was a bombing at the UN base. Thousands of armed youths attacked the base where many were seeking refuge. the crisis is getting worse. it started out as an attempted coup.

This is a lesson to those who believe that Nigeria's disintegration will make things better. Things will undoubtedly get worse!
disintegration by itself is a sign of severe instability.
if people can't get along, whether christian and muslim or igbos and yorubas or hausas. then no matter how much you split the country, if you don't fix the real cause of the problem (poverty, lack of efficient politicians, lack of trust etc), nothing will change for the better. in fact, the instability that results from the splitting will make things worse.
even among the so called biafrans, you will see splits. even among the hausas or fulanis you will see splits. there is always a reason for war and fighting. even within blood families you will see splits (esp when money or resources are involved. ie over family wills etc). so let us use our head and try to fix our issues in a senseless way. those calling for Nigeria's disintegration are not wishing the Nigerian people well.

mink505: This is a lesson to those who believe that Nigeria's disintegration will make things better. Things will undoubtedly get worse!
disintegration by itself is a sign of severe instability.
if people can't get along, whether christian and muslim or igbos and yorubas or hausas. then no matter how much you split the country, if you don't fix the real cause of the problem (poverty, lack of efficient politicians, lack of trust etc), nothing will change for the better. in fact, the instability that results from the splitting will make things worse.
even among the so called biafrans, you will see splits. even among the hausas or fulanis you will see splits. there is always a reason for war and fighting. even within blood families you will see splits (esp when money or resources are involved. ie over family wills etc). so let us use our head and try to fix our issues in a senseless way. those calling for Nigeria's disintegration are not wishing the Nigerian people well.

Go and get some sense, u wrote coup attempt in south sudan, first is southsudan eastern Nigeria, also u said attempt and it wasn't succesful, do u knw dat if the country was ONE, that coup wud have been 100percent succesful especially if the plotters re from north sudan...so shutup.

lygn19:
Go and get some sense, u wrote coup attempt in south sudan, first is southsudan eastern Nigeria, also u said attempt and it wasn't succesful, do u knw dat if the country was ONE, that coup wud have been 100percent succesful especially if the plotters re from north sudan...so shutup.

you are not serious. where did you see "eastern Nigeria" in my post? Is your conscience pricking you or what?

Read the news (CNN, BBC) and stop being an ignoramus.
All western countries have begun to evacuate their citizens from South Sudan. more than 30,000 south sudanese are currently seeking refuge in UN peacekeeping camps. The crisis is getting worse and all news sites are reporting it and forecasting that a civil war is developing in a country that is less than 2 yrs old!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25469736
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/world/africa/fatal-assault-and-fears-of-war-as-turmoil-builds-in-south-sudan.html

those who are looking to break Nigeria up do not wish the Nigerian people well.