JONATHAN STEMPEL U.S. authorities have charged a former employee of Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson with scheming to bribe Djibouti government officials in order to win business with a state-owned telecommunications company. The U.S. Department of Justice said Afework Bereket, 53, a former employee of Ericsson Egypt, helped arrange $2.1 million in bribes to at least three Djibouti officials so Ericsson could win a 20.3 million euro (US$24 million) contract. Prosecutors said the scheme ran from 2010 to January 2014 and included bribes disguised as payments to a company with which Ericsson's branch office in Ethiopia had entered a sham…