The state Mali of today results from the West African empire Mali of the Middle Age. On the territory of Mali, there were first of all the empire Ghana, then the empire Mali and then the empire Songhai. At the end of the 19th century, French Men came on the territory of Mali of today. They made from Mali a French colony, which was independent in 1960. The objective of this study is to know what kind of political decisions Mali took towards West Germany, when that country became independent. From its independence on, Mali declared itself as socialist state, but this country entered nevertheless in diplomatic relations with West Germany, which, from 1960 on, helped that country in agriculture economy and decentralization.
Keywords: Mali, France, colony, West Germany, empire.