Ethnic violence rose with the political unrest. There were Oromo–Somali clashes between the Oromo, who make up the largest ethnic group in the country, and the ethnic Somalis, leading to up to 400,000 have been displaced in 2017. Gedeo–Oromo clashes between the Oromo and the Gedeo people in the south of the country led to Ethiopia having the largest number of people to flee their homes in the world in 2018, with 1.4 million newly displaced people. Starting in 2019, in the Metekel conflict, fighting in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly involved militias from the Gumuz people against Amharas and Agaws. However, in March 2020, the leader of one of the groups called ''Fano'', Solomon Atanaw, stated that the ''Fano'' would not disarm until Benishangul-Gumuz Region's Metekel zones and the Tigray Region districts of Welkait and Raya were returned to the control of Amhara Region. In September 2018, in the minorities protest that took place in the Special Zone of Oromia near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, 23 people were killed. The authorities stated that 35 people were killed in Addis Ababa and in the Oromia Special Zone, of which some were killed by the police.