The Rwandan genocide was a result of

The genocide grew out of longstanding conflict between Hutu and Tutsi communities. Belgian colonial rule reinforced and formalized ethnic divisions, favoring Tutsis in some parts of public life and deepening resentment. Later political upheavals intensified the tensions, so the cause is best described as ethnic tensions with roots in the Belgian period—not an oil dispute, crop crisis, or election fraud.

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