Some quick facts on the war

Abbreviations:

People involved:

Joseph Kony - Leader of the LRA, an Acholi from Gulu
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni - President of Uganda
Acholi - an ethnic group from the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, and Pader in Northern Uganda, and Magwe county in southern Sudan (populous Acholi remain IDPs)
Alice Lakwena - woman noted to have begun the rebel movement; claimed to have been ordered by the Holy Spirit to overthrow the Ugandan government for its injustice toward the Acholi people; she and her followers were known as the Holy Spirit Movement

A timeline of the war in recent years:

1996 - in response to the LRA's attacks on villages, the Ugandan government forced thousands from their homes into crowded camps (millions today are still displaced)
2001 - The US Patriot Act officially declared the LRA a terrorist organization
2004 - Congress passed the Uganda Crisis Response Act
2005 - the ICC issued arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and four of his top commanders
2006 - a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement was signed
2007 - the US appointed Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer; international aid from the UK, Canada, and Germany significantly increased
NOW - The Cessation of Hostilites Agreement has expired, and the FPA has yet to be signed

All of this information and more can be found at:
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/history