Equatorial Guinea's Obiang Nguema calls for a national dialogue

<p>Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has called a national political dialogue for November that even exiled members of the opposition would be allowed to attend, only the third such meeting in the country's history.&nbsp;Obiang, who has ruled his oil-rich Central African country since 1979, said at a meeting with officials from several small opposition parties that the conference should include all of Equatorial Guinea's political groups.</p><p><br>"In the development of our country, we should not exclude anyone," Obiang said in a speech after the meeting on Friday in the mainland city of Bata, reported in local media. "We are all needed."</p>
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