Timeline:

1961- birth of Joseph Kony

1962- Uganda gained independence from UK
1971- Obote was ousted
1979- Idi Amin was overthrown
1980- Obote returned to power
1981- guerilla war by Museveni
early 1980s- Holy Spirit Movement
1985- Obote overthrown by Acholis
1986- Uganda Christian Democratic Army
1988- Gulu Peace Accord
1991- changed name to Lords Resistance Army
2001- US included LRA on its "Terrorist Execution List"
2002- Operation Iron Fist
2003- International Criminal Court investigation
- Jason Russell's documentation
2004- film screened
2005- ICC issued warrant of arrest to 5 LRA leaders, including Kony
-Invisible Children Inc.
2005-2006- LRA moved to northeastern Congo
July 2006- peace talks in Juba, South Sudan
August 2006- Raska Lukwiya was killed in combat with Ugandan forces
November 2007- Vincent Otti was killed in Kony's command for wanting Kony
to sign the peace agreement
2008- talks fell apart

- LRA increased attacks and abductions in DRC and CAR

- US Treasury Department placed Kony on list of Specially Designated
Global Terrorist
September 2008- began attacking Congolese people
December 2008- Operation Lighting Thunder in Congo
May 2010- US' "LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act"
2010- high profile commander Bok Abudema was killed in a battle
- UN dispatched mission in CAR
November 2011- African Union formally designated LRA as a terrorist group
and authorized an initiative to enhance reg'l cooperation toward elimination
of LRA
late 2011-early 2012- US deployed app 100 military advisors to assist
May 2012- Caesar Achellam was captured by Ugandan troops
December 2013- Okot Odhiambo died in a clash between LRA and