00:00Fake prophets have been making headlines in Africa a lot recently and the pattern is getting
00:06harder to ignore. Canadian self-acclaimed prophet Ebonoa was just arrested for making false
00:12doomsday predictions that sparked fear and panic. Just months earlier a South African pastor claimed
00:19the world would end on September 23rd or 24th and in Kenya many still remember the horrifying
00:25events of the Shakahola forest a tragedy linked to religious manipulation. Africa's self-styled
00:33prophets come in many forms but they often follow the same rulebook financial exploitation,
00:39psychological control, targeting the vulnerable. So why do people fall for it? Christianity remains
00:46one of the fastest growing religions on the continent giving religious figures enormous
00:51influence sometimes used for the wrong reasons but some people from the church are calling out
00:57fake prophets. Even this Ghanaian pastor Mensah Ontabil said that 90 percent of people who call
01:03themselves prophets in Africa are probably fake and governments are beginning to step in. In Rwanda
01:10authorities shut down over 10,000 churches under stricter worship regulations. President Paul Kagame
01:16questioned the role of exploitative churches. This isn't an attack on faith, it's a warning about
01:23unchecked power, blind belief and exploitation disguised as religion. So here's the real question,
01:30where should the line be drawn between freedom of worship and protecting people from abuse?
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