A new report released this week by the Resolve advocacy group argues that the US military advisors should be given greater scope to get out and lead the hunt for Kony as part of efforts to put new impetus into the campaign.

 The report said the Ugandan military, "the most capable force pursuing the LRA, has been forced to withdraw from Congolese territory and has as few as 800 troops remaining in the field."

"These troops lack almost everything: they lack boots, they lack uniforms, they lack food rations and they sometimes lack training. So there is a need for these things to be supplied that make a difference on the ground," Francisco Madeira, AU special envoy on the LRA told reporters.