An unidentified speaker at an unspecified briefing reported that an estimated 100,000 people have arrived in Erati, in northern Mozambique, over the last two weeks after a recent wave of armed attacks, and called for a substantial increase in humanitarian assistance.

The speaker said armed groups have launched multiple attacks — including night raids — that have burned homes and killed civilians, and that some victims were reportedly beheaded. "They have faced, several multiple attack, from, armed groups," the speaker said, adding that "they have seen attacks at night" and that "their home being burned." The briefing described chaotic departures through the bush and instances in which children were separated from parents.

The speaker placed the recent surge in the context of a longer crisis, saying "it's close to 1,300,000 person who have been displaced in Mozambique since the beginning of the conflict in 2017." They warned the conflict has intensified in the past three to four months with "multiple simultaneous attack hitting different district at the same time." The speaker said humanitarian response capacity is currently unable to meet needs: "Despite our collective effort, the response is largely insufficient. We are unable to meet the needs of the people."

According to the briefing, many displaced people are sheltering in overcrowded community centers and schools or sleeping outdoors, which the speaker said is exposing women, girls and children to "very serious form of gender based violence." "Every day, we have more and more cases in the morning," the speaker said, and recounted women arriving to report abuse. The speaker also said some families decided to return to unsafe areas because emergency services and assistance were inadequate.

The speaker concluded by urging "a very significant increased support for humanitarian actors to support the authorities in order to meet the need and to offer the people the protection they deserve." The numbers and accounts reported in the briefing were presented by the speaker and are not independently verified in this transcript.

There was no recorded affiliation for the speaker in the briefing record. The statement emphasized immediate humanitarian needs — shelter, protection against gender-based violence and family tracing for separated children — and called for international and local responders to scale up assistance to prevent further harm.