An online portal has been established by Ghana’s presidential envoy for inter-faith and ecumenical relations to review “sensitive prophecies”, The Economist reports.

Since its establishment, Elvis Ankrah says the quality of predictions has improved.

New legislation is also likely to be introduced which will effectively regulate prophecies by bringing the promotion of “negative feelings” under the ambit of hate speech.

The government attention follows a helicopter crash which killed Ghana’s defence and environment ministers in August 2025 — which pastors subsequently claimed to have predicted.

Prophets are extremely popular in Ghana, where two-thirds of people say political leaders should seek divine guidance.

However, prophets who make outlandish predictions which fail to come to fruition can face serious consequences.

One such prophet who declared that the world would end on Christmas Day was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly spreading misinformation and is now on remand pending trial, according to GhanaWeb.