Question

The Rwandan genocide was a result of

an economic crisis resulting from corruption and failed crops.
ethnic tensions that had their roots in the period of Belgian rule.
election fraud that occurred soon after independence from Belgium.
conflict between two military leaders over control of the oil industry.

Answer 1

ethnic tensions that had their roots in the period of Belgian rule.

Belgian colonial authorities institutionalized and intensified Hutu–Tutsi divisions (identity cards, favored Tutsi in administration), which, combined with post‑independence political struggles, extremist propaganda, and a triggering event (the 1994 plane assassination), led to the genocide.