The Rwandan genocide was indirectly a result of __________.

The Rwandan genocide grew out of long-standing tensions between Hutu and Tutsi, intensified by colonial rule and later political conflict. Of the choices, post-colonial tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups best describes this indirect cause. The other choices refer to economic conditions, eugenics, or a broader struggle for self-government rather than the central ethnic tensions in Rwanda.

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