 The standoff began when Dr Blessings Chinsinga, an associate political science professor, was interrogated by Peter Mukhito, Malawi’s Inspector General of Police, about a parallel he drew in a lecture between Malawi’s fuel crisis and popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt during the Arab Spring.He was eventually fired for drawing comparisons between the economic conditions in Egypt and Malawi in a political science class.This prompted protests from the UNIMA students and faculty that stood in solidarity with Chisanga including Kabwila-Kapasula.